Francis Duggan Poems

The former man among men is showing his age today
That time ages the best of them seems true to say
The Town's best athlete in his physical prime
Though this is going back many Seasons in time
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Heroines and heroes the masses create
But there is a difference between good and great
The title of greatness reserved for the few
This is a thing that is not in any way that is new
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Familiar birds to Many and familiar birds to me
When i am outdoors them i often does see
They are known as mudlark or magpie lark and some know them as pee wee
They build a cup shaped mud nest on fork of branch of tree
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Time does not stop it ticks and ticks away
And for all of us a final night and final day
Like all life forms us humans are born to die
This is a fact and fact does never lie
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So much about wealthy celebritiesevery day
They do seem newsworthy it does seem this way
Out of stories of their love affairs and infidelities glossy magazine publishers do financially well
To their many fans and admirers news of them readily sell
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The frogs in the pond singing in the moonlight
As the rain drizzles down on a wintery night
And the cry of a fox in the paddock nearby
On the second last evening of the southern July
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Of singing her praises could one ever tire
The one that the artists and writers inspire
To sketch and write stories of the one who supplies us with our every need
Yet wealthy humans abuse her for to satiate their greed
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They do not have to worry about money and life and work today
By Flaxman Street where many of the deceased of Warrnambool lay
Their worries behind them of any cares they are free
Life's journey too will end for you and for me
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They may be the people not many admire
But of singing their praises I for one does not tire
The kind and the caring on their side of the town
Yet they live and grow old as strangers to renown
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They always do patronize the local pub
The fans and the members of the town's football club
Seated at the bar tables in small groups they talk of football
And little else matter much to them at all
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