John F. McCullagh Poems

In face and feature, line and grace,
a beauty like few others.
The first blush of her youth now past
Found her a wife and mother.
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From every county of old
Ireland
The stones have come to speak again.
Joined together in these four walls
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"Did I hesitate a moment? Did I stop and wonder why?
We were ordered to attack by some blunderer up high.
We were all, I think, afraid. Who wouldn't be right then?
Those Russians were entrenched and had artillery with them.
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He lived in a far distant land, surrounded by the sea,
far away from the masses of his fellow humanity.
He'd venture out upon that sea to fish or ride the waves.
He lived at peace with nature and with eternity.
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In the last year of Trujillo's reign, the Dictator decided
to eliminate three sisters and then plausibly deny it.
Patria, Maria and Minerva were the victims of the plot.
Once the three were dead and gone, He‘d make sure folks forgot.
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Golgotha at Auschwitz

Perhaps they had tried to escape,
or else done some petty crime.
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The Mouse before Christmas

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
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It's official, the divorce is now final.
Tiger and Elin are through.
He gets the payments, she gets the house.
Same deal for the Mercedes too.
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Last night we kissed hands goodbye,
never dreaming that it was forever.
Unsuspecting that you, my dear child,
soon would lie cold and still neath the heather.
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The Government runs free health care-
for veterans of our foreign wars.
Their philosophy of care is sly-
Delay, deny and hope they die.
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