Francis Duggan Poems

Some people with their words can be offensive 'tis in their nature for to be rude
They do seem to find a sense of pleasure when on the feelings of others they intrude
They must have been lacking in love in their childhood for to behave in such a way
Although always some excuse for rude behaviour as some have been known for to say
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Of him or her you seldom hear of or read
The truly wise person does not wish to lead
They never do speak much they don't deal in lies
From learning from living they have grown to be wise
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Perhaps she's not the beauty now that she once used to be
And I may not recognize her today if her I see
Her hair was as dark as the wing of a crow
And her eyes as blue as the ripe November sloe.
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Some with good reason to say life's unfair
But that said we all breathe in the same air
And we all sleep and eat and drink and die
In that the billionaire no different to you and I
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The most of us have our own worries Though to another your problems may seem small
But lucky are they very lucky who never seem to worry at all
Although in financial difficulties they don't allow that for to get them down
They never appear to be worried they smile as they walk in the town
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Down her lovely face the tears roll from her eyes
Quite emotional for her the last goodbyes
Tomorrow from home she will be far away
The farewell words are always hard to say
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If money speaks every language of us what does this say
That there are billions of losers in the Human World of today
And i must be one of them for my years i do not have assets and little money for my time to show
And wealthy people i only know of but cannot claim to know
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Old Campbell the Swaggy is in Port Fairy today
But by this time tomorrow he will be on his way
Perhaps towards New South Wales and in a bigger town
So many roadways he has been up and down
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What is human life but a short span of time
Just ten years of life in our physical prime
And from mid life to old age the clock does tick on
On looking back the Seasons one wonders where to has the time gone
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You have your own worries of which i am aware
But you will find few others of your problems will bother to care
Since they do happen to have worries of their own
Most people in their lives some problems have known
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