He was a good friend of the Aussie battlers <br />And in politics he did have a lengthy span <br />Tom Burns a favourite son of Queensland <br />A dyed in the wool Labor Party man. <br /> <br />Tom Burns was a likeable fellow <br />The former Deputy Premier to Queensland's ex Premier Wayne Goss <br />No doubt he did have a good innings <br />But to his family and friends he is a huge loss. <br /> <br />A likeable sort of a character <br />Tom Burns one who laughed a lot <br />And those in his life that he befriended <br />By them he will not be forgot. <br /> <br />Tom Burns is at rest forever <br />With the dead of Queensland he lay <br />A great character in his own right <br />Politicians like him are rare today.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tom-burns/
