Every word of the following is the truth, the whole truth and…well you know the rest. I could have given it the title “Jack Downing, the younger years” but, that would be too self-promoting, not that I’m adverse to a little self-promotion mind you, but, “a time and a place for everything” they say, and this is neither..
To underscore my good fortune I will add, that all of this occurred during the years 1965-1972 at the height of the Viet Nam War, and I often think how different it all might have been..Save for the grace of God.
Enjoy my travels everyone,
Recollections
I have been, to Bermuda,
and, I’ve been to Spain,
and I went from Italy,
to Germany, by train.
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I’ve seen beaches, in the south of France,
and the fortresses, of Malta,
and the primates, on the rock,
that they call, Gibraltar.
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I have been, to mainland Greece,
and the islands, that surround,
but, I regret, in Ireland,
I barely, touched the ground.
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were on my itinerary,
and courtesy, of Uncle Sam,
I saw them all, for free.
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~Jack Downing~
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