Leers and gasps and knowing looks;
Cops that dillydally;
Various kinds of hooded crooks
Stabbed in every alley.
One more trying ticklish time;
Things are taking shape;
One more heinous, baffling crime
On the fire-escape.
They tried so hard to make it creepy-
I am ashamed to be so sleepy.
by Ray Romine Wednesday, July 5, 1950
