Francis Duggan Lies Poems

That from hard work and endeavour up the social rank you will rise
To me anyhow does seem a pack of lies
'Tis just an old cliche that and nothing more
That some like to quote and we have heard before.
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That wisdom comes with ageing can be based on lies
For i have grown older but i have not grown wise
Yet we learn as we live as the wise one does say
And in life we do learn something new every day
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Am I saying anything that is in any way that is new
When I say dishonest politicians are not in the few
Though many with this would surely disagree
At least anyhow this is how it seems to me
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When the U S voters went for political change they elected as their leader Donald J Trump
And any semblance of morality, honesty or truthfulness from politics they choose to dump
Trump won through the electoral college but it must be taken note
That his political rival Hillary Clinton won the popular vote
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Of the economic depression in Ireland so much spoken of and written about
But Sean Radley's online images of the September Horse Fair in Millstreet on this casts a doubt
The streets lined with traders stalls from Minor Row to the West End of the Town
And yet we are led to believe that Ireland is economically down
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On the statements most politicians do make i can only feel doubt
I can only ask myself what are they on about
The truth from the voters they are good to disguise
They do literally pull the wool over our eyes
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