Francis Duggan Teenager Poems

A teenager of the early sixties I did not know him well at all
Though some faces change little with the passing of the Seasons and him by sight I could recall
When I introduced myself to him we shook hands he said we've not met for some while
Strange we should meet on our life journey though we live from home many a mile
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Wearing brown shorts and a blue football jersey and with sneakers on his feet
The teenager on his bicycle he goes whistling down the street
The evening is warm and breezy the wind tosses his long brown hair
As he pedals near the sidewalk he doesn't have a care.
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I'm not about to pass a judgement I only quote what is a fact
A teenager jailed for shoplifting because he was caught in the act
Of stealing a few packets of cigarettes and a few mars bars a minor previous conviction he's had
Yet three months in jail seems a big sentence for something that does not seem so bad.
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