Francis Duggan Poems

Fortheft to the local police he is known
The type any local would not claim as one of our own
For shoplifting he has spent some time in jail
The good character test he is one who does fail
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As a wise person has been known to say
A smile can bring a flutter of joy to your day
The sullen faced people of few wish to know
Since they seem to lack in the bright inner glow
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If your taxes to the government you do not pay
The law may have you in prison for quite a long stay
For to steal from the government is seen as a very serious crime
And for a similar offense against an individual seen worthy of longer prison time
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Just a couple of kilometres from the Town of Millstreet
To that beautiful place where the waterways meet
And only the memories with me now remain
Of a place that I may never visit again
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For them all of the glory the adulation and fame
The winners by their fans lauded after the big game
In life as in sports it is much the same
The winners for themselves always make a name
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They are such good people the compassionate and kind
And of helping of others are always willingly inclined
Not the sort in their words to drag anyone down
And more like them are needed in every town
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That death can come to anyone at anytime is not a lie
And it is a fallacy that anyone is too young for to die
The Reaper of lives claims the lives of the old and the young
As well as the wealthy celebrities and the poor and unsung
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Dismissed in the town as a never do well
And without any achievements in life of for to tell
One of the local community's marginalized
But people like him as is known have surprised
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Einstein in school was not one of the star pupils of his class
But in his lifetime achievements all others he did surpass
In physics on his theory of relativity his fame live today
True genius can be slow to bloom it is often this way
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The sun it is out so good to be alive
A beautiful evening for to go for a drive
It is so refreshing the cool coastal breeze
And the birds they are singing on the bushes and trees
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