Kelly McManus: Poems

Aug 2021 · 139

The Heimlich Maneuver

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

The Heimlich Maneuver

What's wealth really
imaginary concept
just like that your free

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 79

Cut The Recordings

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Cut The Recordings

Privacy's being
systematically erased
bay a corporate state

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 62

Nuclear Confusion

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Nuclear Confusion

They've already shown
they don't know what they're doing
guess what's ensuing

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 71

Mine Field

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Mine Field

’tis greed that divides
this world of civilized minds
who've run out of time

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 121

Fragrantly Blossoming

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Fragrantly Blossoming

Flower in a vase
spreading pastel pedals while
perfuming the air

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 95

Mushrooming

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Mushrooming

Radioactive
clouds are forming in the sky
the insane reigning

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 91

Nyah! See?

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Nyah! See?

Enforced compliance
wouldn't want anything bad
to happen to you

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 53

Obey The Obelisk

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Obey The Obelisk

Why do people think
they should follow control freaks
they must like statues

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 60

Cash In Your Chips

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Cash In Your Chips

Freedom's the object
monetary ball and chain
want to play their game

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 73

Processing Plant

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Processing Plant

Your parents let them
put their thoughts into your mind
your children in time

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 70

Nothing As Far As The Eye Can See

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Nothing As Far As The Eye Can See

Their days are numbered
but since you let then lead you
perhaps yours are too

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 90

Rotisserie

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Rotisserie

How's this for a dream
the only radiation
you see is sunshine

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 65

Inked

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Inked

Their ideals are yours
hand stamped on your memory
repetitively

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 73

Domesticated

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Domesticated

Giving you their scraps
whimpering at the table
while wagging your tail

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 91

Infinitesimal

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Infinitesimal

Life started out fine
was a baby for a time
but then I grew up

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 72

Winging It

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Winging It

A little bird sings
you stupid human beings
ruin everything

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 96

Insignificant

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Insignificant

The way they treat life
with their policies makes it
insignificant

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 60

Need-Be

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Need-Be

It's a growing tree
reaching high into the sky
for sunlight and rain

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 72

A No Sweat Preset

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

A No Sweat Preset

It doesn't need to be
an uncertain tomorrow
if we change today

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 84

Checkered Flag

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Checkered Flag

What have they begun
but racing to suicide
without a helmet

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 77

If At All

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

If At All

Their dreams are of things
advancing humanity
is secondary

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 90

A New Beginning

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

A New Beginning

Send you to your end
only because you let them
what if you didn't

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 89

What Once Was Will Never Be

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

What Once Was Will Never Be

What hope tomorrow
if we don't make today right
then yesterday wins

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 106

Being Detoured

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Being Detoured

So where are we now
not as far as we should be
so what's the delay

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 113

Indivisible Shizzle

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Indivisible Shizzle

System is bias
by keeping us divided
nothing good gets done

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 99

Get The Point

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Get The Point

While plunging your knife
precisely into my back
know that I love you

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 71

Only The Shadow Knows

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Only The Shadow Knows

Seems like more and more
the big name companies are
dot gov entities

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 99

We Need A New Verse

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

We Need A New Verse

News they choose to air
desensitizing us all
for when it gets worse

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 58

PH Balance

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

PH Balance

Life is so splendid
you born grow up wear a ring
then fertilize things

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 266

Listen To Reason

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Listen To Reason

They try to warn you
poets and musicians too
but fear's a deaf ear

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 66

Moist

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Moist

So how is their dream
the one that your forced to live
still think it's your choice

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 84

Take A Message

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Take A Message

Sipping a Mai Tai
somewhere on the sand in shade
watching ocean waves

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 398

Listen To Reason

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Listen To Reason

They try to warn you
poets and musicians too
but fear's a deaf ear

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 81

Slouch It's For Your Own Good

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Slouch It's For Your Own Good

Remember family
sit up strait and eat your peas
or they'll be no TV

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 111

Unscheduled

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Unscheduled

Hobo on the rail
stogies and fortified wine
his only lifeline

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 82

Refuse

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Refuse

Light is fading fast
they've put this world in the trash
lid's closing at last

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 56

What Were Those Signs Again

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

What Were Those Signs Again

Yes the end of time
comes to mind when I look at
todays world leaders

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 70

Rooted In Love

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Rooted In Love

A breeze whispering
into the ears of a tree
don't ever leave me

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 100

All The Pleasant Peasants

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

All The Pleasant Peasants

Who started this mess
did they wear a shiny cap
decree genuflect

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 71

Well Established

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Well Established

Why even listen
their talk is hypocrisy
oh their thugs have guns

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 68

Possessed

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Possessed

Just wasting your time
chasing imaginary
dreams of keeping things

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 59

Back At You

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Back At You

Enemy's a choice
where you are choosing to hate
which reciprocates

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 72

After You No After You I Insist

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

After You No After You I Insist

Be like day and night
shares this world without a fight
despite differences

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 55

The Favorite

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

The Favorite

Never better bet
then when you bet on yourself
as the favorite

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 93

Transend

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Transend

Whenever their dream
becomes your reality
imagine your free

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 47

MSG

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

MSG

Must be additives
that makes people combative
not peace loving friends

Kelly McManus

Aug 2021 · 112

Global Mourning

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Global Mourning

They're running the earth
into the ground soon nothing left
but a filled in mound

Kelly McManus

Jul 2021 · 63

Unheeded Warnings

Kelly McManus Jul 2021

Unheeded Warnings

It will start storming
because of global warming
see the clouds forming

Kelly McManus

Jul 2021 · 71

Is It Heaven Or Hell

Kelly McManus Jul 2021

Is It Heaven Or Hell

Guess we'll wait and see
if mankind has any brains
only time will tell

Kelly McManus

Jul 2021 · 71

Cheese If You Please

Kelly McManus Jul 2021

Cheese If You Please

Exiting its hole
quietly the little mouse
went to search for food

Kelly McManus