CHILD OF BOAT PEOPLE: CHRISTMAS EVE: 1943
THOMAS FRANCIS O'HAGAN 1953 (PHILA. PA.)
THE UNION LEADERS AND PLANT BOSSES
GOT THEIR WAY.
THE WAR WAS STILL YOUNG.
FEARS WERE STILL HIGH..
THE FREE WORLD VS THE AXIS.
AND AMERICA WAS NEEDED
TO PRODUCE.
SO THE 1942 UNION CONTRACT
WENT IN FAVOR OF THE WAR EFFORT.
AND THE SELECT WHO MADE A PROFIT.
WORKER WORK HARS.
OVERTIME WENT TO WAR BONDS.
EXTRA CASH WENT TO WAR BOND.
THE WORKERS LEARNED TO RASION,
AND SO THEIR FAMILIES.
WITH HOPES FOR A REAL CHRISTMAS
FOR 1943.
DID NOT HAPPEN.
BUT TWO THINGS HAPPENED
THAT SOME DO NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW.
A BLACK MARKET FLIGHT OF GOOD
FROM MAINE,
AND THE WORKERS PRANK
TO FOOL THE KIDS.
THE WORK AT 10PM CHRISTMAS EVE
WERE TO GO TO THE ROOF OF THEIR HOME
AND WITH WHATEVER THEY HAD
MAKE THE GREAT UPROAR POSSIBLE
AS TO ATTACK SANTA
AND TO PROVE IT
PRODUCE A PIECE OF SANTA BEARD
FOR NOT BRING THE CHILDREN PRESENTS.
THE BLACK MARKET FLIGHT
WAS TO LEAVE MAINE
FLY OVER THE EAST COAST OF AMERICA
AND DELIVER THEIR GOODS
OF CANNED GOOD OF HAM TURKEY, BEEF,
AND OTHER ASSORTED HOLIDAY TREATS
TO THEIR BUYERS.
THE WORKER'S.
SOME WITH SHOOT GUNS AND RIFLES,
STARTED THEIR SANTA ATTACK
PLANE WERE OVER BOSTON.
AND CREWS IN FEAR
STARTED TO LIGHTEN LOAD.
MY MOTHER SAID
"YOUR FATHER GOT A BAD BUMP ON THE HEAD.
BUT WE HAD A NICE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR
DINNERS. AND THE MEN HAD COFFEE FOR WORK.
THE DOCTOR WERE BUSY THE NIGHT...
About this poem
A LITTLE KNOWN BLACK-MARKET RUN OVER THE EAST COAST. THAT DELIVERED SOME CHRISTMAS JOY TO FOR SOME WORKS AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND SOME SHADY POLITISHIONS HOPE WOULD COME OUT.
Written on December 13, 2021
Submitted by TFOHAGAN0000 on December 13, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AXXXBXX XXX AXXCXBX C XC XCXX XXXXDXXX ECDXXXF FXX CGX HHGX E |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,336 |
Words | 289 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 3, 7, 1, 2, 4, 8, 7, 3, 3, 4, 1 |
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