Francis Duggan Poems

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21.
Lets Hear It For Women The Women Oppressed

Lets hear it for women the women oppressed
In patriarchal societies their human rights are transgressed
By male religious zealots who hate woman kind
For to trample on women's rights any excuse they will find.
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22.
A Ballad Of Clifton Hill

Only lived for seven months there but I do remember still
My happy days in Fitzroy towards the left of Clifton Hill
And the good fun at the weekends for my memory serves me well
And the lovely girls I danced with at the Normandy Hotel.
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23.
One Lie Leads To Another Lie

By so called reputable people we so often are misled
And one lie leads to another lie as we often have heard said
And to cover up for one lie another lie you must tell
'Tis a thorny path to heaven but an easy path to hell.
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24.
A Beautiful Day In December

The high woods are bathed in sunshine it is such a beautiful day
The rufous whistler he is whistling his song to his identity a give away
His kind often whistle before rain and storm perhaps a change in the weather is near
One knows it will rain in warm Summer weather when the songs of the birds one does hear
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25.
Your Hero

The heroes of the masses they live for their renown
And the masses create their heroes and then drag their heroes down
And the masses are unpredictable they change from day to day
And some of their heroes like the Autumn flowers are quick to fade away.
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26.
Our Destiny Is In Our Own Hands

Our destiny is in our own hands some have been known to say
But circumstance in all of that must have some part to play
If you are born on no hope street and homeless in your youth
To you our destiny is in our own hands does not have a ring of truth.
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27.
The Truth It Can Be Hurtful

I may not like what you say of me but if of me you speak the truth
Though the truth it can be hurtful if it is not spoken without ruth
The truth cannot defame me if of me the truth you say
And if the truth taints my character well that too is okay.
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28.
Multicultural Day

People of many Nations of black and white and brown
They celebrate their cultures in the big park in the town
Migrants and children of migrants from places near and far away
Their cultures are celebrating on Multicultural Day
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29.
True Friendships

'Tis said we cannot change our blood relations but we get to choose our every friend
And some friendships last for a brief span and some friendships in death only end
True friendships transcend disagreements true friends as true friends do remain
You lose nine for one reason or other out of every ten new friends you do gain
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30.
This Thing Known As Power

This thing known as power is an addictive thing
And those who do have it to it try to cling
Abuse of power we do read of and hear of every day
Not all who have power use it in a good way
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