The home we bought in ’32
Has still a stout and sturdy flue.
The windows fit; the roof is good;
The woodwork’s gum (the joists are wood);
All taxes paid–no law-suits bind it,
And is it shrubbed? Just try and find it!
But now the thing is nearly paid for,
Let’s look and see what we can trade for.
The old house has some lovely traits–
But a mortgage is what fascinates!
by Ray Romine Monday, April 23, 1945
