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Eryri
Poems
Mar 2020
A Romantic Narrative Of Wartime
When I see your 1940s weekend -
Your 'war was fun and cosy' pretence
Your clichéd polyester and fibre glass mockery,
Re-enacting an imagined happy-go-lucky camaraderie -
Forgive me for not joining in
As I happen to feel it a cardinal sin
To idealise and romanticise a decade
Made up of austerity, rationing and air raids.
Believe me, I've read a little social history:
The 1940s were not idyllic or crime-free
Just as now, there were heroes and villains
Among the soldiers and the civilians.
Yes, heroism abounded but so did black marketeering
Yes, there were brave sacrifices but there was also racketeering
And those city-wide black-outs were a gift
To those who would rob and grift.
Your jolly nostalgic tribute is an annual celebration
Celebrating your own fabrication
Of a time when the machinations of war and a crazed ideology
Saw the near extinction of entire minorities.
Look, I don't wish to be a party pooper
But don't step into the shoes of a made-up trooper
So, please, remove your rose-tinted glasses
To remember that beyond your nostalgic narrative of the routines of the masses
People lived with the daily fear
Of the likely deaths of people they held dear.
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Written by
Eryri
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