Francis Duggan Poems

The one who is hailed by the masses will never be a hero to you
Your hero is a quiet achiever to his dedications he's true
An honest and a hard working person and one of high integrity
You have placed him on a pedestal to you there's none greater than he.
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In this Town there is only one toilet and that is not open all of the time
And to find bowel comfort or urinating in public can be looked upon as a crime
And those caught in such acts by the police can be lumbered with a heavy fine
I know of one caught by the law urinating by a locked toilet his problem can one day be mine.
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Time brings about the changes and all things come to pass
Though times are getting harder for the hard working under class
They work hard for small wages and cannot feel financially secure
And the future is not looking rosy for the hard working poor.
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In the empty Town park no children for to play
This surely is a dying Town it has known a better day
A place of little commerce the facts they never lie
The ageing population here will grow old and die.
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Let the last day be the hardest a saying that I heard as a boy
You make yourself ill by self pity and though life not meant to be all joy
Some wallow in their poor me syndrome they do like to have a good moan
And if you weep for yourself only then surely you will weep alone.
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An email from Hannelie O Connor all of the way from Millstreet Town
She told me back there it is raining the heavens are leaving it down
The farmers they cannot be happy with too much rain in the month of May
But that's the way with the weather in Ireland unpredictable from day to day.
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He was hit by a car as a puppy which left him in a lot of pain
And though he did recover from his injury the handicap he did retain
His hind legs they did not seem quite right and he could not run at a fast pace
But he was a good dog to work cattle and he kept the bull in his place.
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The Ettrick Shepherd his nickname
And he was one who knew great fame
Far more than a man of rhyme
His poems have stood the test of time,
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In Claraghatlea near Millstreet my life's journey began
And in that old Townland i grew into a man
But i cannot say where my remains will lay
I will be with Nature and that is okay.
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I take them as i meet them of people i must say
And if some disrespect me in kind them i repay
Respect me and I'll respect you in that i do believe
'Tis part of human nature to return what you receive.
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