Francis Duggan Poems

When they grow their wings and leave their pupa stage
Their time span seems brief and so quickly they age
Just a few days or less in the parkland to fly
And enjoy the freedom of the open sky,
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Since they cannot look into the depths of your soul
What others think of you is beyond your control
You have not been found guilty of any crime
And it is up to you what you do with your time.
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On a sunny day like this day tis just great to be alive
Just to walk out in the sunshine or to go off on a drive
To the mountain or the coastal town or to the park nearby
It is nice for to be outdoors when the sun is in the sky
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I would love to go to Africa to see the wildlife there
To bring away from there great memories that with others i could share
To see the Serengeti the World's greatest wildlife park
And hear the male lions roaring and hear the wild dogs bark.
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To me a walk on memory lane can be a thing of joy
To visit my uncle Dan and aunty Mary in their home in Lisnaboy
I could call there at anytime and a welcome i would find
The past it seems to stay with us in the memory of the mind,
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For John Howard the master of the politics of fear
Judgement time for him and his Government is again drawing near
But the one who involved Australia in Iraq
On his huge Government pension he can afford to sit back
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No matter what your creed or colour be it black, white or brown
You may not find love in Kings Cross that suburb of ill renown
You will receive carnal knowledge of one when for it you do pay
But as anyone will tell you carnal knowledge from true love in feelings far away.
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It is an old saying we've often heard before
If you gobble with the turkeys with eagles you won't soar
It is just a saying that some to do relate
Though at the end we share a similar fate
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At the verge of the wood their ticking sort of song
Is one that once heard one can never get wrong
With unders of yellow and head and uppers of gray
Birds that i see often though not every day
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Glenferrie on the sunday after Grand Final day
The Premiership cup has gone to Adelaide said old Joe sad to say
St Kilda gave it their best shot but they ran out of steam
And Adelaide had their measure they looked the better team.
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