Francis Duggan Poems

The longer you live the sooner you will die
A mere fact of living and fact never lie
The average human life six decades and ten years in time not a long span
A few years more for a woman than it is for a man
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The day it is breezy and sunny though cool
And in the coastal City of Warrnambool
A magpie is warbling on a sunlit tree
His flute like notes familiar to many and familiar to me
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We learn as we live as we have been told
But some men do not grow wiser they only grow old
By their stated opinions in their ways they are small
Their idea of a fair go does not include all
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On this warm Summer's evening beauty all around me
A magpie is warbling on a sunlit gum tree
A forecast high for the day of twenty four degrees
And the air full of the buzzing of bush flies and bees
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Time on the living body does take it's toll
And death is something beyond human control
Those who grieve for their dead mere words cannot console
And in the death of Eddie Murphy Ballydaly has lost some of it's soul
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For you and your fellow workers it has not been a good day
The company head director has given an ultimatum to all company employees to take a cut in pay
For if not his business he will be closing down
And little prospect of a new job start in a high unemployment town
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It is only in fancy i hear a robin sing
On a leafy silver birch tree in the prime of the Spring
When the hawthorns are cloaked in their white blooms of the May
Though the past may be gone the good memories do stay
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In the mostly blue sky just a few clouds of gray
It is warm and sunny in Yangery today
A forecast high for the day of twenty six degrees
And the Summer air full of the buzzing of bush flies and bees
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On Killarney beach in the Moyne Shire white waves lap on the sandy shore
A beautiful place for to visit and linger there for an hour or more
At least twelve kilometers from the City of Warrnambool and seven to eight from Port Fairy Town
Of the coastal lands of south western Victoria one can say a gem in the crown
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Those who claim we have life choices are overlooking our life's destiny
And destiny of seven letters seems very real to me
The one destined to be a poor and sad person as poor and sad will stay
And the one destined to be wealthy and famous will know of wealth and fame one day
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