So now to Goat Island Light
New owners had appeared,
And all the work that must be done
Would be that of volunteers.
At a meeting of that local Trust
Director Scott Dombrowski said,
“Dick Curtis is the one for this,
My friend from Marblehead.”
“A freer spirit never was.
He’s now in Colorado.
He’s just what we are looking for.
I’ll call him up tomorrow.”
True to his word, it wasn’t long
He had Dick on the phone,
But no commitment came his way,
Dick felt the need to roam.
Feeling just a little sad,
Scott could do nothing more.
Then, two weeks later, to his surprise,
A knock came on the door.
Standing there was his friend Dick
A smile upon his face.
All he owned was in one bag,
“I’ve come to see my place.”
From "The Keeper of the Light" by Tom Bradbury