a/n:Four factory workers, and a good deed which does not go unpunished. A missing scene from "Swing Shift".
Interrupted
Four drinks interrupted;
A plea for assistance;
A broken down car;
A reluctant good deed.
Assurance that helping
Would just take a moment;
Quite hard to ignore
A small traveller in need.
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The roadside; an unlit
Location, unwitnessed;
A swiftly developing
Sense of unease.
Dark figures around them;
Brisk orders, brief scuffle;
Clothes stripped, secure blindfolds;
Rehearsed expertise.
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No hope of resisting;
No chance of escaping;
Manhandled and thrown
In the back of a truck,
Then whisked away rapidly,
Deep in the forest;
Bewildered and fearful
And cursing their luck.
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A farmhouse, a cellar,
Thin blankets, food, water;
No daylight, door padlocked.
No notion of time.
Detained by their countrymen;
Turncoats and traitors
Assisting the Allies;
A capital crime.
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Four lives interrupted;
Away from their loved ones;
Away from the work
They must do for the war.
Now captive and helpless
And truly afraid
Of what final misfortune
The Fates have in store...
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