Francis Duggan Poems

In all things in human life it does seem for one to win others must lose
And everyone wants for to be a winner losing is something one never does choose
Doubtless far fewer winners than losers the poor of the World are not rare
There are at least a thousand poor people for every known millionaire
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We know all about you since you tell us of how marvelous you are
And of the size of your new home and your brand new car
That you like to show off as you drive up and down
With your attractive blond wife and your young son and daughter on the streets of the town
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On the streets every day them i do see
I hear them on radio see them on t v
Of them the Human World will never be free
The egotistical are everywhere all around me
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If he is not telling the truth then at lying he does well
The best one can say of George Cardinal Pell
To say of the child abuse in Ballarat that he did not know
Is like saying the Antarctic in Winter is free of ice and snow
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From Claraghatlea just west of Millstreet Town where i first saw light of day
And grew to a man i now live far away
The years have left me looking wrinkled and balding and my hair silver gray
That time ages the body only true for to say
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Macaulay who wrote The Lays Of Ancient Rome
For his heroes did go a long way from home
For Horatius Cocles his hero huge odds not afraid to face
Was a legendary warrior of Roman Race
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In life there is laughter and sorrow and tears
But good memories do last through the decades of years
The good memories are ours a lifetime to enjoy
And i have good memories of Claraghatlea as a boy
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Poor Mangan passed from life in Ireland's post famine years
And at his death the people of the Country were not plunged into tears
A poor person back then not seen worthy of note
Though Mangan he was quite a marvelous poet
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Of my worth as a writer i have reason to doubt
But every day something new for me to write about
In more than four decades i have not run out of rhyme
And on going back the Seasons this does seem a long time
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What most of us receive from life is only our due
And that we get the politicians we deserve only happens to be true
As they become our reflective mirror after election day
This applies to those who voted for the successful candidates anyway
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