Fantastic changes this war has wrought.
A scad of things you’n’ I’ve been taught
Have vanished reluctantly down the drain;
I won’t deny I have felt some pain.
What–live without ZIPPERS?
Perish the thought!
But, we’re doing without ’em once again.
Radical differences lie in wait.
Plenty of butter on every plate,
And coffee and sugar and ham and tea
Is a story of things as they used to be.
What–exist minus BEEF?
What a hideous fate!
Still we’re getting by, it seems to me.
We’d a plumber, once, for every faucet;
Twelve pairs of shoes in every closet;
A suit for everyday day in the week;
Amusement amusing, if not unique.
Life without luxury?
Overboard tossit!
We don’t NEED to be so fat and sleek.
So, to keep der Fuehrer’s “culture” crumbling,
We’ll do our parts end cease the grumbling.
‘Tho ahead we face still more restraining,
We can stretch some yet before we’re straining;
Do without a few things?
To “Keep ’em stumbling”
Is worth our efforts, I’m maintaining.
by Ray Romine Wednesday, April 14, 1943
