Aunt Ruth started my relationship with socks
Socks to keep me warm in cold
Socks to shield from desert heat
Socks to run a better mile
Socks to withstand the stress of combat
All starting with the softest wool of love
To awaken a finicky and spoiled youth
To the power of socks.
Bill Grace
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/socks-3/
