Francis Duggan Poems

Mum's out with her lover in the Swingers Club
And Dad with his mates guzzling beer in the Pub
And their ten year old Jake on his bicycle pedalling up and down
The dimly lit streets of the poor side of Town.
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For my years of living I've little to show
So little of Life or of Nature I know
But the lust is in me for to keep living on
For few will remember me when I am gone
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Happy and smiling faces on every street
In the South Australian Township known as Keith
Near where the Adelaide Mt Gambier and the Melbourne highway meet
The hotel there a good place to drink and eat.
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With all of the World's poetasters a common bond I share
Our type are very plentiful and we were never rare
To fashionable poetry readings we're not invited for to read
And it can be said about us that we are a common breed.
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Things have not changed that much since I've been here before
On the wide beach by saltwater the waves lap on the shore
Cars drive along the Esplanade where cyclists cycle up and down
And people are out walking on the wide streets of the Town.
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Her's is an open marriage she makes the most of life
Her husband he is having sex with someone's else's wife
And she is not impartial to share herself around
One might say her and hubby they share some common ground.
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Your hair looks silvery with age you've seen a better day
And you are too old to be worrying of what others of you say
Still your ego is inflated and though time's not on your side
You are quite self conceited and you must live up to your pride.
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Good people are celebrated and good people are in jail
And we condemn good people by our own words to fail
And since people are not the best judges of character it would be fair to say
That the best candidate does not always get elected on Election Day.
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Con Harrington was a boy I went to school with and together we played underage football
For many years we were in the same class-room and he is one I always will recall
He was well liked by those who got to know him of sturdy build just under six foot tall
And sad to think he has gone to the reaper the reaper who will one day claim us all,
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Oh have you ever been to the Rock Wine Bar
Where Rocker Joe plays on his loud guitar
And drunken young men and women too drunk for dancing are noising loudly until closing time at two
And 'tis almost three before the street is noiseless when staggering homewards goes the last yahoo,
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