The following day, I realized that the verses (particularly the last) are something of a rhetorical catalogue, listing the inhabitants of the Greta Garbo Home: Fred (with his hands on his head), Superman, Carl (with his funny old hair), my friend Paul, Melody Menn, and Ma with brother Tom. I'm not sure if this rhetorical catalogue really has a function though, unless it's simply to illustrate that these are "friends I will remember wherever I may roam."
