Francis Duggan Poems

He must feel that luck is not on his side
And from his personal cares he has nowhere to hide
One out ofa Job on the poor side of the town
Where many are homeless and financially down
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Before the toddler walks the toddler does crawl
And the toddler does rise again after a fall
And every toddler in every town
Comes to know that in life there is many an up and a down
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A beautiful time of year the prime of the Spring
When in their breeding territories the nesting birds sing
In the southern October a lovely time of year
With the warmer weather of Summer quite near
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Day follows night and night follows day
And the clock on our lives ever ticking away
On looking back the Seasons time seems to have gone fast
At midnight today it will be of the past
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Since we all look at others in our ways differently
The one who is great to you may not be so to me
So many look up to every wealthy celebrity
And sadly ignore those living in poverty
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To the local pub he brought many hours of cheer
Fond memories remain of the town's last balladeer
The words of so many old ballads he knew
Of his type in the World nowadays just a few
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He was One who could never run fast like the great Usain Bolt
But the former politician and Liberal Party leader Andrew Peacock was nicknamed the Kooyong Colt
For many years locked in a political struggle with the former Australian Prime Minister John Howard for power and for fame
But I cannot say why or how he did come by his nickname
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To meet a good or not so good person one need not have to travel far
As some like to tell us we are what we are
Though we do have life choices as the more judgemental do say
Many are doing it tough in the World of today
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She is a Godlike person and to her God she pray
And to help out other people she goes out of her way
The most helpful person in the town she does seem free of sin
A credit to Humanity she has her God within
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I am not saying anything that's new it has often been said before
We are temporary caretakers of the land just that and nothing more
The land will be here forever and we are born to die
The same fate for the billionaire as for you as well as I
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