Francis Duggan Poems

We know when animals are not feeling well
Though of how they feel to us they cannot tell
And people do grieve when their pets do die
The story of a four legged friend is not based on a lie.
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For leisure the game that so many do play
For a round of golf 'tis a beautiful day
By the wide slow flowing river that crawls to the sea
Men and women practice their strokes before their evening tea.
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The very wise woman she said to her son
If you cannot love yourself you cannot love anyone
With what she said I for one cannot disagree
She does seem a very wise person to me
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Suppose they can't help the way they are the people to you who are rude
And though they are well educated in their ways they are very crude
You did not ask them for their comments to criticize you or your praises for to sing
Their nastiness to it has a deeper meaning perhaps with them 'tis a power thing
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In the backyard in the mid day sun on the concrete path he
lay
Old Tim the dog is frail and old he's seen a better day
He slept there in the mid day warmth and to him came the
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The great Kings of the Incas their spirits live today
Where the condor o'er the Andes is soaring far away
And the ghost of Athahualpa is forever looking down
On that country he ruled over in his decade of renown.
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To seek a better life in Australia should never be seen as a crime
But he is languishing in a detention centre like a prisoner
serving out his time
Yet he doesn't have a criminal record and he is a good living man
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When all of your life dreams seem unrealized and nothing for you is going right
Do not give up you just hang in there at the end of your dark tunnel is light
The light that to a better life will light your journey good things come to those who wait
And one day in the not too distant future some success you will celebrate,
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Who will be World top Super Power in a decade from now
To Asia's waking giant will all others bow
For like every Human Being every Super Power has it's day
And number 2 takes over when number 1 fades away.
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You've got a big ego you do come on strong
You try to convince others your ideas cannot be wrong
There are millions like you in the big World out there
So do not feel precious since your type are not rare.
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