Penn State’s Joe Paterno was resigning.
Ray felt Joe had done all that was required.
I felt Joe had not done what he should.
With that the New York boys club lunch ended.
I left certain that had Ray
Been in Paterno’s place,
He would have demanded the University act.
Keeping quiet on the student rape issue would not be Ray’s way.
We, three New York transplants,
Had covered national politics,
(With Dick representing the right .. sort of)
Our local NFL team, and religion.
No one had ordered dessert,
An act of no small contrition,
Deciding that since it is was not free
We had better show dietetic restraint.
Leaving our table, each with a posture
That suggested a losing battle with age,
Ray and I headed to our cars,
Dick made his mandatory trip to the john.
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