Five of us are in 1-A:
More are soon to be;
Why none of us, though, seems to care
Might seem a mystery.
All are married; all have kids;
Wives, too, whom we love;
Christmas coming–seems a shame
To have to off-ward shove.
Clerks and carriers, though, they know:
Why we aren’t warmish:
Beside our s.nnual Christmas rush
Induction’s but a skirmish!
Japs and Germans they may charge,
Bombs may fall and scatter–
But we’ve been through the Christmas mess,
And trifles are no matter.
This, of course, is far from true.
We wanta stay: you’ve hit it!
We’re scared as heck from feet to neck,
BUT WE ‘RE DANGED IF WE’RE GONNA ADMIT IT!
by Ray Romine Friday, November 26, 1943
