An inventory would have shown
He had a toy store of his own;
And yet, experience sad relates,
No child is happy without skates.
Anticipating skates hurts much
When one is young and longs for such!
And so, behold our prodigy
Skates in hand, awaiting me.
Now sonny skates–or sonny tries,
While father gets the exercise,
And finds himself anticipating
Son’s initial solo skating….
by Ray Romine Tuesday, January 15, 1952