Francis Duggan Poems

Referred to in the media as the honorable this does seem a joke
As the flames of division they only does stoke
Such cynical mind games with each other they do play
So few of them are honorable in any way
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He will not be in town for long the man from elsewhere
He has been to many places in the big World out there
In Paris in France he first saw light of day
Where as a boy he used to daydream of places far away
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At the stroke of midnight today will be gone
Time that rusts iron does keep ticking on
What does the future hold not for me to say
Only know tomorrow will dawn as it did today
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Money it is the word of the day
In towns, cities and villages people need it to pay
For everyday living expenses and the food they do eat
The necessities of life for most such as fruit, bread, vegetables, milk and meat
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To your higher self you can only stay true
If you treat others as you would like them to treat you
Those who wrong others deliberately in any way
Eventually to Karma some price have to pay
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Does not know if he is a father only know he has a wife
Polish John has lived in Warrnambool for more than six decades of his life
Quite a likeable old fellow and wise and clever as well
Of his younger years in war torn Poland he has many sad stories to tell
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The passing of Gurrumul the saddest news for many a day
On his forty sixth year of life the great person passed away
The greatest ever singer of Australia's first race
So humble in his ways he was one with grace
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Friday 28-07-17 as President of Australia's high commission for refugees was her last day
On internet comments on Gillian Triggs few have nice things to say
Yet she spoke out for people deprived of their human rights and for a fair go for all
And in those who speak for the oppressed there is nothing small
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The existence of a god in a paradise in the sky
Is something an agnostic does not believe in or neither deny
Proof of existence to believe is what an agnostic need
And she or he to the teachings of theologians never pay any heed
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A down to earth fellow the German Zig
His baldness he does not cover with a wig
Of pride and it's side affects he is quite free
What he truly is he appears for to be
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