Owed to my Lawyer
Now some stayed wide awake in class,
And some of us were dozing,
Whatever. What we didn’t learn,
Was how to do a closing.
Where papers fly and faint hearts die,
The legal and numeric,
Can daunt the staunchest. (It’s a time,
When I become hysteric!).
Oh some may kvell for Dick ManDEL,
(Who’d have you call him MANdel),
But here’s a fact: to G. Petacque,
He cannot hold a candle!
Some find the rules of real estate,
Arcane, obtuse and borin’
But not Petacque, he’s got the knack,
From title search to Torrens!
You rate an A for closing day,
You made it seem like fun.
A virtuoso job, I’d say,
Like: Presto! Change-o! Done!
Well that’s what happens when you’re good,
They never see you sweat!
So many thanks for all your help,
For sure I won’t forget!
With best wishes,
Signed: Joan Levin 11/5/96
Gerald (Gerry) Petacque handled the closing of my condo where I’d been renting for several years.
(A few years later I traded it for another condo in the building)
Gerry died in 2008. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2008-09-09-0809080800-story.html
Torrens is a system for title registration. Not the one used for this transaction but it rhymes!
