My parents meet when they were young
On the beach in California
They were both born to families
Who had old connections
But after the 20th century
Nobody knew what WWII
Would do to society at large
When those who have are not allowed
Because those who don't have complain
And then steal it anyways
Anything at all just for the sake
Of not allowing others to own themselves
As the story goes
My father was stolen from his mother
When he was born, and she then died
He had a hard time of it
Until his uncle came home from his tour
As a Navy man he was at sea for months
His wife got excited about his younger sister
Who had come home from Oxford
With a new husband and was having a baby
His other sisters had gone to Arabia
Foolish girls when he was in training
They wanted to marry sheiks
Therefore, he was concerned about
Laura the pretty one who had gone
To University instead for her family's sake
Only to marry a man the other side of the
Mountain, who came back with a degree in science
From Cambridge at the age of 18
They knew he was older than that
But a family accident had left his mother
Stranded in Geneva during the Great War
He saw the young man sleeping
And asked his wife where she had gotten
The boy as she smiled sweetly at him
At first, she said it was hers
But after a trip to the doctors
And the information that his favorite
Sister had died suddenly
It was revealed that it was his nephew
The authorities allowed them to adopt him
Indians always gotten adopted out
His wife was seen as pure American
While his brother-in-law was suspect
Therefore, my father grew up
Not knowing his real father
But had him visit him
While he was doing secret war work
Which hedcould not discuss
He welcomed a new woman in his life
Since his mother had died on him.
She was a beautiful piece of work
My mother with her lingering eyes
And sharp tongue
Always convincing people, she was not lying
When all she wanted was to get people
To Believe her when she had no intention
Of being honest
Hence, they had a long romance
While he was shulted back and forth
Between the two families
Frustrated he went to college
To learn anything but science
Engineering was going to be his ticket
While she fretted away her time
Never satisfied with anything
But always introducing herself to people
Whom she would then allow
To believe that one day they would
Be introduced to the Queen herself
Because she had meet her and therefore....
After graduation which my mother failed
She ran around the world
Attempting to escape her obligations
Then one day she was no longer 16
Nor 18 or even 21
25 years old and no husband!
In a panic she went looking for it
Only to find he was working
For uncle Sam now
After falling love with her as a child
On the beach and following her around
He had ended up with a broken heart
He was in Korea so far away
She ran off to Las Vegas with a cousin
Who did not know the rules
She only wanted a plus one
For the wedding of Grace
In Monaco but he got her pregnant
Not allowed at all.
How was she supposed to explain this?
She divorced him thinking the baby
Would also disappear but it did not
Know she was in trouble
She knew her grandmother was
Friends with another lady
From their garden club
Which spanned from coast to coast
She decided to make herself useful
At the Whtie House
Where the poor son resided
Eisenhower had already encountered
Her mother during the war as a journalist
Only to discover his mother knew her mother
In an odd fashion.
The little girl was full grown
And making a nuesaunce of herself
He began to make phone calls
He was the boss after all.
Teh father could not be found
For he had discovered
What her problem was and wanted
It taken care of immedieately
A husband had to be found
And the baby's father was athe one
He wanted standing on the carpet
In front of his desk
In the Oval office
Poor little girl only said goodbye
To him as he was being conscripted
Get me Germany!
No! Nobody knows....
Get me Guam!
No! Nobody knows....
Get me Korea!
Hey, hey he is there
The phone began to ring
All he was the office jock
He had graduated first in his class
Had gone to the Brown westpoint
And was a qualified Engeiner
All he did was sit there stuck
Away from his friends
Who stopped by and sympathized
With him about his problem
His father was a Manhattan project man
There was no way the Navy was allowing
Him to be captured at anytime
Who had gotten him into uniform?
For God sake they were all going
To get hung if he got caught
He was good at his job
And his skills at reading maps
Was immeasurable for sure
But he was never going to see action.
His phone kept ringing
Then it would be disconnected.
She had found out that his location
Was now known and had slipped
The Operator at the White House
Something to disconnect each time
The call went through to him.
She was not going to explain
To him about the baby!
She was going to marry him
Someday then that invitation came.
Who was going to miss the wedding
Of Kelly and Grimaldi?
Hell, she was in pure hell.
Her story telling had gotten her in deep.
Some old lady went into decline
And her daughter was bundled off
One night to catch a train
To be at the hospital before she died.
A new girl was now at the switch board.
The phone rang again and again.
He was trying to decide if he should answer
They kept hanging up on him
He had been informed of his girls
Situation back at home
Her family was furious
They did not know how it had happened
His neck was in the noose
And he had not even touched her
All the way across the Pacific
She was seeking him to go home
And marry her, he knew she was...
He was sitting donw with his coffee
And going over the dispatchs
For the crews out of doors
When the hand that knew not its master
Reached over and picked up the phone
Who the hell are you!
Where the hell have you been?
You will never be coming home
Again, until you explain
What you plan to do!
He hung up.
Had no idea who it was.
Had no idea who would phone him
And he was worried again about her.
Then the guys in the office began
To act odd around him.
He was the best they had
At map reading but could not send him out
Now he was in trouble with someone
Had no idea but it was big.
Poor little guy was sittig
Chatting with his friend
From back at home
When they arrived
The big one had come
And the bosses were jumping
Around and not speaking
Then a shadow came over his desk
It was the boss himeslf
Dwight had flown all the way
To Korea just to see this kid.
Miracle worker is what he was called.
He could pull rabbits out of hats.
But there was this girl sitting
On his lawn and crying everyday.
He had to take care of it
Even if it meant he got to go
To Asia where he was not allowed
The boys got together to figure out
What was up with this situation
And then the call came through
All the way from up north
They needed help now and not tomorrow
The big guy was being given a tour.
No one was available
He got the okay by accident to take
Care of the problem without knowing
What it was about.
Then they all had to retreat
To Hawaii with them hostage
Before things got out of hand.
Meanwhile there was a group of men
Who had got cut off from the world.
He was dropped in with his map
Knowledge but it was his old world
Hunting trips that got through
As his men were mixed with the others
They could not communicate normally
Through their own will they got
A new language overnight
And found their way back
To Paradise, not only out of harm's way
But the war came to an end.
He said it was the only way
To get the kid to the girl with the baby
In the end, a completely confuses
Young man was standing on teh sands
Of Hawaii and then he was not
She smacked him so hard
He ended up on the ground
They all laughed behind her
But she was not about to have him
Tell on her at all.
He lay there looking at her shadow
And knew what he had to do.
For god's sake Carol!
Why did you not tell me?
As he got up slowly
And put his arms around her waist
She stood stock still
He had done it
Outsmarted her again.
Ooh, she hated him for that.
Now they were allowed to leave
They went to Reno to get married
It was supposed to be San Francisco
But she had no reason to show
Her parents what she had done
They were caught spending
More than one night in the hotel room
They had gotten married before
But she would into spend a single night
With him but could not get away.
She did not know that her friends
Had given her something to drink
Which would cause the fetus to die.
It came out dead six months later.
During the abortion years.
She was convicted of infanticide
But not sent to prison
She was under a doctor's care
No more babies for her!
He now had his girl and had
Found out what the other guy
Had done to his girl
Dragging her by the hair
Before a registers office
And not even waited to get into a hotel room.
He would never forgive the guy.
Her story was good, and she made
Sure, they never spoke to each other.
Except the day the baby came out dead.
The guy showed up and stoled someone else baby
To show his parents
That he was able to be a man.
Meanwhile Jimmy was introduced as a toddler,
By a couple who did not know better.
One winters night when my parents
Finally got caught with a license
Spending a night together.
Every year on their anniversary
They could not be found.
She would abduct him
And squirrel him away
In a hotel room.
While her parents would sit
With an anniversary dinner
In front of them
As well as a growing number
Of grandchildren in front of them.
She had six of us that I know of
She was frightened each time
She gave birth and hid it as long as possible
That is why the week before Christmas
The kids know not to ask
But to expect the grandparents to arrive
Otherwise, they will be sitting somewhere
Alone until the holidays are over.
Just except it she is a little bit crazy
And he was long suffering...
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