Francis Duggan Poems

The clock on the table is ticking I feel it is ticking for me
Each tick nearer to my last heartbeat beyond that nothing else I can see
To those who believe in a life hereafter good luck to them is all I can say
None of an afterlife have come back to tell them though they are convinced of a judgement day,
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What I dislike in others are things that I only see
In a person I do not know too well the one that's known as me
Since they are the reflection to the dark corners of my soul
The weaknesses in our humaness seems beyond our control,
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From the smallest insect to the largest mammal the need is to survive
The survival of their species is part of their sexual drive
'Tis only to defend their breeding territories that male birds ever sing
And not what some like to believe as their sense of joy of Spring.
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As long as you've not harmed them in any sort of a way
It matters little to you what others of you say
As long as their comments are not libelous them you ought to ignore
Small minds breed negativity we've heard that one before,
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Mine is only one opinion and my opinions do not hold much weight
One dismissed as a radical commoner in a majority State
Seen as an ordinary poetaster I never said that I was otherwise
Yet my truths to me are quite truthful though others may see them as lies.
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Of more Natural disasters in the news each day we hear
The anger of Mother Nature it is a thing to fear
She rages through the suburbs and blows the houses down
And leaves death and destruction as she heads for another Town.
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The skylark above the brown scrubland how sweetly he carols today
Just hearing him in flights of fancy takes me north of here and far away
To that green far northern Country when wildflowers were blooming in May
The air borne skylark was carolling like a small speck in the sky blue to gray.
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The World is full of gullible people they believe everything that they hear
They believe every word of Government propagandists and they live in their cocoons of fear
The Government know that 'tis a good vote catcher when they talk of security for the State
And for them 'tis a mighty power weapon if widespread fear they can create.
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Time does not stop it ticks and ticks away
And for all of us a final night and final day
Like all life forms us humans are born to die
This is a fact and fact does never lie
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So much about wealthy celebritiesevery day
They do seem newsworthy it does seem this way
Out of stories of their love affairs and infidelities glossy magazine publishers do financially well
To their many fans and admirers news of them readily sell
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