Francis Duggan Poems

On how we treat others we do have a choice
And like it is said it is nice to be nice
For your acts of kindness good things you receive
On such a philosophy i do believe
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Religion is known to make good people great
But sadly in some it does give rise to mistrust and hate
And in the name of religion many crimes against humanity
Committed by religious fundamentalists who are criminals of the lowest degree
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The words of a wise person i do recall
Pride is a thing that comes before a fall
Too proud to accept help when of helping in need
Pride it can be self defeatist indeed
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Since fear to the public is not hard to sell
Out of their fear mongering the Politicians they do very well
We must find the terrorists destroy their every cell
We'll shoot them and kill them and bomb them to hell.
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That to many ignorance is bliss does that seem fair to say
Since despite the Worldwide climate change we live in the usual way
We still burn environmentally harmful fuels for that I'm also to blame
What's been happening to our Natural Environment is to Humanity's shame
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On tuesdays after she had been out shopping she pushed her
trolley home along the street
And she would say good day to everybody the friendliest
person you could wish to meet
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Up there in Horses Heaven the chill winds never blow
And nights are warm and much sunshine and lush the grasses grow
And Cheree the shetland pony the good life now enjoy
Up there in horses heaven somewhere beyond the sky.
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Sometimes i feel I'd be happy if i were as dumb as a stone
I am confused in my thinking but in that i am not alone
Many others out there like me who ask themselves who am I?
We live confused in our thinking and confused in our thinking we'll die.
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On the roadside paddock where the short grass is brown
The brolgas are dancing near old Penshurst Town
They dance in the sunshine of a Summer's day
The beautiful brolgas red heads and light gray
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To help the handicapped she see it as her duty I'm for the underdog you hear her say
And once a forthnight even in a heatwave she drives to a place one hundred miles away
To entertain those who need entertaining to such a worthy cause she remains true
She is what one would call a real good person and people like her sad to say too few.
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