Flash, the Ash and Smoky Joe were two Pawn Brokers <br />they also were two heavy smokers.Now Joe he owned a <br />shop in Thetford and Flash owned one in Deptford.When <br />they got together you could not hear a mutter, because all <br />they did was cough and splutter.Now Flash was so called <br />because of his attitude, at times he could be down right rude. <br />With a cigar in his mouth and a packet in his pocket, the smoke <br />in that shop was like a blast from a rocket. <br />If you were held in a queue when you had something to pawn, that's <br />because Flash had been up all night, coughing till dawn. <br />Then in the shop he would cough all day, keeping his customers <br />well at bay.The queue sometimes were about a mile long and the <br />smell of smoke was just as strong. One day The Pawn Shop <br />caught fire, now poor old Flash is deep in mire. <br />As for Joe his partner and friend well he was with him, right to <br />the end. He suffered with his lungs and was told to stop smoking <br />but he said to the doctors 'you must be joking! <br />He did not listen to what they had to say and poor old Joe <br />was going the same way. He had lots of therapy, <br />and matters looked bleak; then his heart gave up and he <br />was dead within a week. <br />Smoky Joe and Flash the Ash, in life made plenty of cash, <br />but their lifes were short lived through smoking 'TRASH!<br /><br />sylvia spencer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-tale-of-two-smokers/
