Rita RIP ©2024TonyFallon215
As Rita stood there with a lump in her throat
A letter in one hand in the other a ten pound note
She was proudly wearing her mother's gift of a coat
The first of her family to fly the others went by boat
She left the sad Knockcroghery Roscommon Ireland
With everything she owned in a suitcase in hand
But her parents and relaties were not the only one who pined
Her true love Brian from Rahara she was leaving behind
The hackney would take her to Shannon for the flight
And she'd sleep in a new bed in the Bronx that night
But first there was the question of how all were at home
And if she was unemployed or she had a wandering syndrome
Over the years she'd drive from Yokers and leave the heat
And wind up with Cillian and Aidan on Alabama Street
Since we all arrived there's been changes we have to adjust
Sometime to those changes we react with utter disgust
We lost the Kennedy brothers to bullets way too soon
But we flew ships to mars and put men on the moon
Some people believed Covid was not a dangerous disease
In sex education bird are not birds and bees not bees
The country is in upheval and communities are divided
The Democrats and Republicans idea have collided
For four years we had Trump almost four more of Biden
They are candidates again and the division seems to widen
When God takes a loved one from us without any explanations
That's the time we need the companionship of our relations
So we came here to shed a tear for times that were better
She left her mark on all of us we shall not soon forget her.
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