Dr. Josephine R. Flynn
By: Charles Giuliano - May 08, 2022
Dr. Josephine R. Flynn
Not just Mother’s Day
How often I think of Mom
The truly remarkable
Dr. Josephine R. Flynn
Born in Gloucester
On the kitchen table
Grew up in Allston
Washingon Allston High School
Mayor for a day
Sat at the desk
James Michael Curley
Summered at Wheeler’s Point
Rowed across to
Wingaersheek Beach
Later owned property
In upscale Annisquam
Daughter of an Irish
Teetotaler and saloon keeper
Later a bootlegger
Ran whiskey
Through Smuggler’s Notch
In a Pierce Arrow
Uncle Arthur
Later a judge
Riding shotgun
Mom delivered booze
After school
Knock knock
This is from Mr. Flynn
Paid for med school
Middlesex College of Medicine and Surgery
Later Brandeis University
Where I graduated
Rode the ambulance
Interned at Harbor Hospital
On Coney Island
Stopped for Nathan’s hot dogs
On way back to the barn
Married Dr. Charles E. Giuliano
Arrogant surgeon
Aren’t they all
Learned to make sauce
From his mother
Part of the vows
Had three kids
Jo, Me and Pip
Lived life large
Loved a martini
Silver bullets
In later years
With a lobster
What we served her
Those last days
Now remembered
With hearts and flowers
Up there with Dad
Fabulous life they had