Francis Duggan Poems

When the wrong by law has not been made right and justice did fail
For the sinned against karma will eventually prevail
For what goes around comes around is true to say
This refers to karma as karma works in this way
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Praise and criticism i treat them as the same
To me they are just the opinions of others for want of a better name
Though very few ever like being criticized
That most people like to be praised i too have realized
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The one referred to as an idiot does lack the inner glow
But the meaning of a free range idiot is something i cannot claim to know
That's what a woman shouted to her husband or partner in the super market the other day
Towards him she was acting in an aggressive way
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Ted came home early from work to see Ann his wife
The beautiful brunette the love of his life
In bed with Jim their neighbor in the joy of their passion him they did not see
Shocked and angry his mind became flooded with jealousy
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As long as your gift of memory you retain
The past in your thoughts you will visit again
And though time that rusts iron is becoming your foe
Your past goes with you to wherever you go
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It is cold and wet today where the waterways meet
In the green countryside by the Town of Millstreet
The Boggeragh Ranges cloaked in the fogs of rain
And brown storm water flowing in every field drain
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Are you one of those who feels cheated by time
That the clock on you has ticked on too fast since your physical prime
There are many who feel like you that time does go too fast
Tomorrow today it will be of the past
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You may feel that life on you is rather tough
But when compared to many you know it easy enough
A nice home to live in and you have never known of a hungry day
That life is not tough on you does seem true to say
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I am one who in life has been quite lucky
Nothing as such for to worry about
And though rhyming to me seems far more than a hobby
My worth as a rhymer i always do doubt
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In all things in human life it does seem for one to win others must lose
And everyone wants for to be a winner losing is something one never does choose
Doubtless far fewer winners than losers the poor of the World are not rare
There are at least a thousand poor people for every known millionaire
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