Francis Duggan Poems

He went back home to Italy to live out his twilight years
And in the pub party for him his friends farewelled him in tears
In this great Southern Country he made new friends every day
But Dino he has gone back home to greet the flowers of May,
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A pleasant Summer morning not too warm or too cool
And lovely Jane the writer sits on a timber stool
In her garden in the sunshine her shoulder length blond hair blowing in the breeze
All around the house sparrows chirping on the bushes and the trees.
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To the flaws of others so many seem blind
We do make great heroes of ordinary kind
Tis from the impressionable that legends are grown
Some do not seem for to have lives of their own
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Some can drink a lot of alcohol and still seem sober and sedate
Whilst some only after a few drinks tend to grow to an aggressive state
And act in a manner unbecoming as if they did have a screw loose
To some alcohol is just a drink and to others tis lunatic juice,
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There is a simple principle by which we ought to live
For to learn how to receive we must learn how to give
And in our dealings with others we must always be fair
Though many shady characters in the bigger World out there
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Many people of the World's greatest religions one common thought do share
They think that they can save their souls from hell by the simple act of prayer
But if there is a God and an afterlife they surely have got it wrong
For God should be for everyone and everyone to God belong.
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With a dozen stubbies of beer Billy is off to the neighbour's party
For to celebrate the eve of Christmas day
Where they will have a sing song get drunk and be merry
Each to their own as some are known to say.
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The grass brown to white like the colour of hay
And the weather forecast reads a cool Christmas Day
And the rain overnight was not drought breaking rain
For tomorrow tis back to dry and warm again,
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I'm at least three decades beyond my prime
And i feel that i am running out of time
A man who is immersed in slipshod rhyme
Though that should not be looked on as a crime
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My ex as she describes him she does hate
And she says bad karma for himself he does create
Though she once loved him and he fathered her son
Hate is love turned upside down when all is said and done.
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