Francis Duggan Poems

Born in Bordertown a Town in south Australia's countryside
Australia's twenty third Prime Minister recently died
On his eighty ninth year he lived a long life
Survived by Blanche Dal'puget his second wife
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On the ladder of success you may have climbed far
But you are not as great as you think that you are
To the summit of success you are far from the top
And it is harder to climb than it is for to drop
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Bad leaders people do only divide
And plenty of their sort nowadays Worldwide
They do use their power in a negative way
With their sort it is always do as i say
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You feel attracted to her in the strongest way
And every-time you meet her she smiles and says good day
You think that she fancies you but you have got it wrong
Just because she is friendly doesn't mean her feelings for you are strong
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John Howard Australia's ex Prime Minister who likes to refer to socialist views as begrudging mentality
That their thinking belong to narrow minded poverty
Though he has not been in Parliament for many a day
Like many ex politicians he likes to have his say
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A false impression on the voters they make
And many of their promises post election they break
Few of them as their true selves you ever does see
Most politicians are not what they make themselves out to be
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I may never more see the Town of Millstreet
Or walk through the fields to where the waterways meet
Or hear the birds sing in the prime of the May
On the leafy hedgerows from here far away
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We learn as we live from life every day
And we never stop learning only true to say
And every day from life we learn something new
The lessons of life are never of the few
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Quite bored and feeling sad in his way of life
Not happy with his demanding adult children and his overbearing wife
A grandfather in his mid fifties Bored John his nickname
For his prolonged dark moods The whole World he does blame
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Turned the dark brindled stag-hound of years only two
To hunt and kill wildlife he was bred to do
And what stag-hounds are good at Turner was too
But unfortunately he chased and caught and killed a protected species a kangaroo
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