Francis Duggan Poems

Some say we receive from life what is our due
But to one's higher self one can only be true
Be true to yourself and to others be kind
In we reap what we sow some truth you will find
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The dad is a bully and so is his son
Breeding begets breeding when all is said and done
Thirty five years ago the dad was the schoolyard bully the son is today
And the schoolyard bully through life as a bully does stay
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Of Summer, Ella, Shane and Lisa his human family the pride
Charlie Brown the golden labrador of snakebite toxin has died
Their dog grieved by the family for them such a sad day
Life has it's joys and sorrows but it has always been this way
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Goodbye to Claraghatlea in view of Claramore
And to every town, city and village i have lived in before
Coming to live in Koroit in Victoria's south west
On our journeys in life for all many a test
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It is true human rights should be for everyone
But as for rabbits rights there has never been none
Between myxomatosis and clavixal virus and being poisoned, snared and shot
At the hands of human beings they have suffered a lot
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From Rathduane in Ballydaly Brendan Sullivan for Ireland is flying the flag
An Olympic bronze medal for floorball is surely worthy of a brag
A son of Margaret and Tom and of the late Jerome the Yank a grandson
The first in Duhallow an Olympic medal in floorball to have won
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In life every day a new challenge to face
Well at least for many this does seem the case
For millions of people it is a struggle to survive
Circumstance of birth of opportunity in life them does deprive
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It is said he is a genius one of a rare kind
But he cannot hide from his ghosts of the mind
For as long as he live with him they will stay
Though strong medication does keep them at bay
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I hope of life a few more years of me ahead
I may not be worth much living but i would be worthless dead
Just an aging hack of an old rural town
Were i born a horse by now i would be put down
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I do not hate anybody this is not my way
Anyone who does wrong me i leave to karma since to karma we pay
For our sins against others what we give in turn we do receive
On such a philosophy i for one does believe
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