Francis Duggan Loneliness Poems

Loneliness does not have a home it does live everywhere
And so many lonely people in the big World out there
The man living on his own in his seventies grieving for his recently deceased wife
He has got to know loneliness since it has entered his life
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This loneliness is such a deflating thing
Such a deep sadness to the mind it does bring
Like a toxic disease few it does seem to spare
It even can affect the billionaire
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I asked the question of old Betty Jo
What's loneliness she said she wouldn't know
You well might say I've known a better day
Still I feel happy though my hair is gray.
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