When I was young I was very shy
Scared to even look people in the eye
With my family at breakfast one day
I looked up in total surprise.
Sitting at the next table
Was a group I did admire
They saw me shyly glancing
And came over to inspire.
First they took my grapefruit
The breakfast I would eat
I just smiled and squirmed
Shuffling my little feet.
Next they began to tease me
In a funny, gentle manner.
The Haarlem Globetrotters tried so hard
But my shyness would not join the banter.
Curly smiled and joked with me
My eyes kept glancing up
And up and up at his tall form
And then he took my cup.
After we ate breakfast
In the elevator we all rode
I could not find the courage to ask them
For their autographs, it showed.
I wish even to this day
A bunch of decades later
That I had found my voice to ask
For autographs in the elevator.