Please, dear friends, I ask, don’t burn
If at your Hi I do not turn.
I shall today collect some glances
Filled with questions and askances.
I’m sorry if I seem high-hatty,
Proud or uppity or catty.
Would you still call me stiff-necked if
You knew my neck were REALLY stiff?
by Ray Romine Monday, January 29, 1951
