Francis Duggan Poems

Did you ever feel quite worthless had an emptiness within
And you felt you were a loser that you were not born to win
For years working in the same job never had a raise in pay
And you struggle to make ends meet life's a struggle all the way.
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He's applied for work in factories and buildings
And every time the bosses turn him down
And all because he's poorly educated
And he comes from the wrong side of the town.
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Through fields near Ballydaly the river flows bank high
And rain come down in drizzle and rain clouds in the sky
And blackbird scratch leaf litter beside the bare hedgerow
And wind blow from the northland and cold enough to snow.
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She has outlived all of her class mates she is ninety stooped and gray
And she has never lived out of her Hometown never even for a day
Always happy in her homeplace never yearned for far away
All of her school friends left their Hometown Kate the one who chose to stay.
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When last he drove the ambulance in Millstreet
It must be over twenty years ago
Some knew him as 'Neilly the ambulance driver'
And others simply called him Neilly Joe.
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He likes the big town atmosphere young David
The city life is better by far he say
He won't be going back to the hills of Toora
He only wish they were further away.
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John Ackland foresees a better way of life
A World free of hatred and of strife
Of anger, mistrust, jealousy and fear
The day of human enlightment is near.
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In broken English she spoke about the Taliban
The ex refugee from war torn Afghanistan
Their rule to say the least was quite austere
And all Afghan women of them lived in fear.
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He lives on his fat retirement pension and he's doing quite okay
And with his wealthy buddies on the golf course every day
He practices his putting and his driving and the good life he enjoy
And of thirst and malnutrition this man will never die.
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He has travelled where few men have travelled before
In temperatures low as minus sixty or more
In the Antartic Winter in the freezing wind driven snow
Back when he was younger a long time ago.
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