Francis Duggan Poems

The university Literary Professors say who is or is not a poet
This one is a poetaster one not worthy of note
And this one is quite talented a budding young poet here
On their say the making or breaking of many a literary career.
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The soft fluting of the curlew it is a pleasant thing
O'er the mudflats by the ocean at McLouglins beach in Spring
Though I've not been there now for awhile two years or maybe three
As near a place to an Earthly Utopia as one might wish to see.
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Because of fear of avian influenza the Town Councillors talk of exterminating the pigeons who for decades have lived in the Town Square
As if they are a threat to the health of the the Locals the threat to the Locals come from elsewhere
Other than a flock of feral pigeons who have lived in the Town Square for years
We are in the grip of widespread paranoia which is cripplng
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Oh you who support class distinction you admire the aristocracy
Though they have done about as much for you as through the years they've done for me
And that surely is absolutely nothing as you are not much better off financially than I
And financially I am a poor fellow to say differently would be a lie.
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The clock on the table is ticking I feel it is ticking for me
Each tick nearer to my last heartbeat beyond that nothing else I can see
To those who believe in a life hereafter good luck to them is all I can say
None of an afterlife have come back to tell them though they are convinced of a judgement day,
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What I dislike in others are things that I only see
In a person I do not know too well the one that's known as me
Since they are the reflection to the dark corners of my soul
The weaknesses in our humaness seems beyond our control,
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From the smallest insect to the largest mammal the need is to survive
The survival of their species is part of their sexual drive
'Tis only to defend their breeding territories that male birds ever sing
And not what some like to believe as their sense of joy of Spring.
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As long as you've not harmed them in any sort of a way
It matters little to you what others of you say
As long as their comments are not libelous them you ought to ignore
Small minds breed negativity we've heard that one before,
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Mine is only one opinion and my opinions do not hold much weight
One dismissed as a radical commoner in a majority State
Seen as an ordinary poetaster I never said that I was otherwise
Yet my truths to me are quite truthful though others may see them as lies.
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Of more Natural disasters in the news each day we hear
The anger of Mother Nature it is a thing to fear
She rages through the suburbs and blows the houses down
And leaves death and destruction as she heads for another Town.
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