John T. Baker , If You Should</head><body><center><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.com/p1.gif border=0 alt=Saviodsilva></center><hr color=3C00FF size=4><br><font size=4 face=arial><b><a href=43.htm>John T. Baker </a></b></font><br><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.net/poem/a/1.JPG border=0 alt=Poem></center><br><font size=3 face=arial><b>If You Should</a></b></font></center><blockquote><blockquote><p align=left><font face=arial size=2><b><p><b>If you should come to the city<br>Don't enter the gates.<br>If you should enter the gates<br>Don't stay long.<br>If you should stay long<br>Don't get married.<br>If you should get married<br>Don't have children.<br>If you should have children<br>Don't read them stories.<br>If you should read them stories<br>Don't sing them songs.<br>f you should sing them songs<br>Don't let them be poets.<br>If they should become poets . . .<br>Don't trample their dreams.<br>(Paraphrase in part of an old Turkish Song)</b></p></b></font></blockquote></blockquote><hr color=0000ca size=3><center><font size=2 face=arial><b><a href=http://www.isavo.net/poem/sk6.htm>This Poem's Index Page 1</a><br><a href=http://www.yensa.net/poem/sk6.htm>This Poem's Index 2</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com/poems.htm>Poetry Website</a><br><a href=http://www.saviodsilva.com>Saviodsilva</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com>Isavo Site</a></b></font></center><SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript SRC=http://www.saviodsilva.org/r/fantasy.js></SCRIPT></body></html>