I’ve noticed folks do not agree
On what they say regarding me:
“A generous, good-hearted fool”;
“A miserly tight-fisted ghoul.”
“A terribly hot-headed crumb”;
“As even-tempered as they come.”
“The upright sort–all purity;”
“No morals showing I can see !”
“The flap-eared brainless dodo type , “
“Intellectually quite ripe.”
“Low,” NO, “High !”; “Stopped”… “Just started”–
“Cowardly”…. and, “Lion-hearted!”
So, I will choose the names I like,
Sifted from the many;
My own opinion of myself
Is just as good as any!
by Ray Romine Tuesday, September 23, 1947
