Francis Duggan Poems

The old sheepdog trialer he has passed away
The champion border collies he trained at rest also lay
As a dog trialer many say he was the best
Since he proved himself in many a dog trialing test
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Voted the Country's best athlete when he was twenty three
But he is not the man now he once used to be
As the old saying goes he is over the hill
And as is said of time it does not stand still
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They only legislate for the financially and materiallywell off why otherwise pretend
Any government is never a poor person's friend
For the working poor and those on welfare
Those elected to govern never worry or care
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In the age of the selfie it does seem to be
The new in words of the present is you look at me
Since twenty first century technology has helped self promoters in a big way
So many craving attention in the World of today
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A pleasant February day in Port Fairy of twenty five degrees
With a nice freshening coolness in the ocean breeze
Blowing from Griffith Island where the Moyne River The Pacific does meet
And gently sough on the street trees along Sackville Street
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Our different ways make us interesting one has to suppose
And few people go through life without making some foes
Not everyone you do know becomes your loyal friend
And some good friendships come to an acriminious end
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Young Bill the fearless fellow is not living today
For driving his car too fast with his life he did pay
His car failed to take a bend at speed and crashed against a tree
When he had many years of life in him he was only twenty three
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Of all of those who have migrated from the town one who will not be forgot
Young Joe the happy fellow whose nickname is laugh a lot
It is said that he is living somewhere in the U S of A
There is not one quite like him in the old town today
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Sometimes falling in love can come at a huge price
The National Party Leader and Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce
For the love of another woman has left his family and wife
The media spotlight is now on his personal life
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The beauty in Nature for all to enjoy
I grew to love her as a very young boy
In the fields by my first home from here far away
I did love her then and i love her today
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