Mournful Christmas Eve

Telegram arrived

   My Daddy killed in action

      In a faraway land

         Now its just Mommy and me

            No Merry Christmas this year

Entry for Andrea Dietrich's "Not So Happy Holidays" Contest
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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November 21, 2013 at 6:26 PM
oh, so sad! great poem, though, for the contest...
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