Francis Duggan Family Poems

He does not yearn for to be the toast of the town
Or he has never daydreamed of widespread renown
Quite happy with his lot his type becoming rare
Down to earth and unassuming and so self aware
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They love each other and their children but they studiously ignore
The poor old one in her mid eighties their near neighbour who lives next door
To her they feel so much superior in their eyes she's an old faded rose
Human beings can be so hypocrtical that's human life one would suppose.
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Goodbye to friends and family is never easy to say
To those you may not see again for many a day
You are bound for a place that is far away
Your mood matches the weather the sky is gloomy gray,
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Jessica Veal and her partner Richard for a big family care
In South Belgrave in the Yarra Ranges their home they do share
With orphan black ducklings and ring tail possums and an injured echidna named spike
They are such caring people and about them much to like.
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A poor family man on the poor side of town
Of late the factory he worked in by the liquidators closed down
He and his wife and two young children must live on welfare
In the poorer suburb his type are not rare
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To be one of a famed family of feathered songsters his main claim to renown
He sings every day in the park of the town
Why he sings in all Seasons i leave it to those who know Nature better to explain
In all sorts of weather wind, sunshine or rain
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A known to be a respectable family man the multi millionaire
Who with his family and wife in church do kneel in prayer
It is by people like him many are inspired
A pillar of his community and greatly admired
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As honest as can be and quite free of guile
Yet Leann is one who finds it hard to smile
Her primary going children Joe and Sue and her husband Stan
In their ways in many ways quite like Leann
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The amazing Payne Family of Miners Rest
Paddy Payne snr and his family of jockeys and horse trainers Australia's best
Known horse racing family and famed Worldwide
Beyond the suburb of Ballarat City in Victoria's countryside
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We are part of the family of Nature we live for awhile and we die
And of the supposed life hereafter ask one more enlightened than I
Yet the ways of Nature are changing with some help from us one must say
The Polar ice caps slowly melting and sea levels rising each day.
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The red fox hunting in the fields had hunger in his cry
And the cold winds of mid February blew across the darkened sky
The traveler his wife and their two teenage daughters members of the born to wander clan
Sat and sung songs by the campfire beside their horse drawn van.
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Patriotic fervour and National pride
These things are prevalent nowadays Worldwide
Many say they unite but in truth they divide
When those who are different of free speech are denied.
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Oh you unlucky fellow you talk of your sad life
And in the pub with your mates you bad mouth your long suffering wife
She sits at home and waits for you and to you she is true
But just by listening to you talk of her one cannot say the same of you.
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In low down branch of leafy alder tree
I hear them noise the redpoll family
And with gaping mouths they take their tasty fill
Of tiny seeds their parents bring in bill.
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