<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419352" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Poem for Jack</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A tall imposing stranger<br>I met a few years back, <br>Became my Pa', through marriage, <br>John Cox, (to me just Jack.) </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like me he doesn't say much, <br>We both prefer to read; <br>We never talk for talking's sake, <br>There doesn't seem the need.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An air-force man in days gone by, <br>One of the boys in blue; <br>As smart as any gent', with<br>Spit and polish on his shoe.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For fun he'd go a' fishin'<br>Out on the salty sea; <br>Out in the Bristol channel<br>Just as happy as could be.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He doesn't travel much now<br>'Cause of trouble with his ticker; <br>But once upon a time he roamed <br>As much as Alan Wicker.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Of trials and tribulations<br>Jack Cox has had his share; <br>But sorted every problem<br>From his good old Parker chair.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The man's as wise as Solomon, <br>And crafty as a fox; <br>I wish I had a parker chair, <br>In black, just like Jack Cox.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Written Jan 1995</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Carter+Brown">John Carter Brown</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419352" data-title="Poem for Jack de John Carter Brown" data-description="A tall imposing stranger I met a few years back, Became my Pa', through marriage, John Cox, (to me just Jack.) Like me he doesn't say much, We both prefer to read; We never talk for talking's sake, There doesn't seem the need. An air-force..."></div> </div> </div>

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