The Ballad of Hoyt
by Conrad Jones, August 2003
He was a small lad when he took his first karate trip ...
For years and years his dad took great pleasure in giving him the flip.
But then he started to grow, and it doesn’t look like he will stop at all ...
When I look at him now, he looks eight feet tall!
He got involved in a lot of activities in the fall ...
One of his favorites was that national pastime, baseball.
He also got into acting, oh what a MacBeth!
You couldn’t help but sense the pride in his mom, Elizabeth.
Between karate, baseball and acting, Hoyt is an outstanding young man ...
The parents, Hoyt and Elizabeth, deserve a great big hand.
Now he’s off to college, hopefully not having too much time to party ...
Thanks for all the memories, Hoyt, you are special to all of us at karate.