Kelly McManus: Poems

Feb 2021 · 91

Unconscionable

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Unconscionable

The nuclear mad
I personally don't need
their insanity

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 72

Policy

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Policy

Corporate bottom line
doesn't include being kind
just nickels and dimes

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 78

Topical

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Topical

Love to watch you talk
in the little groups you've made
with nothing to say

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 78

Tears Of A Frown

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Tears Of A Frown

So what's on your mind
a world that's smiling with peace
or one that's dying

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 78

Choo Choo Training

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Choo Choo Training

It's your uniform
suit tie pair of shinny shoes
now where's the salute

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 72

Syphoning

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Syphoning

They don't hesitate
wasting time with their debates
just to raise their rates

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 142

Been A Wrong Time

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Been A Wrong Time

Flirt with disaster
and you let them master you
only one word fools

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 96

Human Kindness

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Human Kindness

Ruining the world
for all the other creatures
put that in the bank

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 85

In A Nutshell

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

In A Nutshell

Hear the voices say
sanity's overrated
why the worlds crazy

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 155

Squeak Squeak Squeak

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Squeak Squeak Squeak

Hear quite whispering
from inside your cubicles
chatter with your cheese

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 96

Fleeting

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Fleeting

Flickering candle
out of nowhere a strong breeze
only smoke remains

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 60

A Stone In The Graveyard Of Space

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

A Stone In The Graveyard Of Space

Inevitable
play with things you can't control
keep digging that hole

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 93

So There's No Confusion

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

So There's No Confusion

They're running to Mars
after destroying this world
with their pollution

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 153

Getting Hammered

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Getting Hammered

What's the final nail
in the coffin they're building
you could have stopped them

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 52

Peace Won The War

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Peace Won The War

Passive resistance
doesn't need to raise a fist
Christ's the true hero

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 66

Buffet

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Buffet

What do they feed ya
with state controlled media
them all you can eat

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 121

Set Society

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Set Society

So what's it all mean
television programing
obedience screen

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 127

Of One Mind To Bad It's Not Yours

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Of One Mind To Bad It's Not Yours

World of windup toys
where no one dares disagree
with all their experts

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 140

A Drafting Adventure

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

A Drafting Adventure

They've got your blue print
will you control your own life
no I don't think so

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 93

Bound To Flounder

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Bound To Flounder

Just drop a test tube
or open a petri dish
you four legged fish

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 112

Avoidance

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Avoidance

What do they create
only things meant to destroy
and you think your safe

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 121

Are You Taking Your Meds

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Are You Taking Your Meds

People don't listen
allowing suicidal
decisions be made

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 98

Smoldering Souls

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Smoldering Souls

By the light of day
the vampires fade away
into ****** flames

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 72

Impaled By Failure

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Impaled By Failure

Those who choose to war
they themselves are defeated
in utter disgrace

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 70

Stimulating

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Stimulating

They're imitation
but disaster they'll bring with
their radiation

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 118

The Slime Machine

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

The Slime Machine

Will our future be
as monetary Eloi
feeding the mutants

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 60

Dumb Guns

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Dumb Guns

Our lives brevity
to waste something so precious
what stupidity

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 97

Unenlisted

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Unenlisted

Wanna be polite
but don't need to die over
someone else's fight

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 69

Follow Your Leader

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Follow Your Leader

Where are you going
well since you won't rule yourself
nowhere I suppose

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 74

Do As Your Told

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Do As Your Told

Speakers read their scripts
your brain simply accepting
indoctrination

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 60

Obscene Invasion Of Privacy Smokescreen

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Obscene Invasion Of Privacy Smokescreen

Building data base
of DNA by forcing
us to be tested

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 80

Masters

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Masters

What's global warming
but a representation
of all their degrees

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 70

Thought Knot

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Thought Knot

When you change your mind
and all your thoughts start screaming
what was I thinking

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 56

Including You

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Including You

Nothing you can do
change transitions everything
into something new

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 63

Tastes Like Dirt

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Tastes Like Dirt

Won't see the world change
before I'm in my coffin
why I laugh often

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 81

Crown Fools

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Crown Fools

When will people stop
worshiping other people
who don't deserve it

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 61

Fortune Cookie Poetry

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Fortune Cookie Poetry

How you live your life
will one day return to you
all that you deserve

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 67

Wrath

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Wrath

I'm never alone
Gods always with me laughing
at our enemies

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 53

Irresistible Impulse To Giggle

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Irresistible Impulse To Giggle

My thoughts are my own
far beyond regimented
control of their drones

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 48

Smile For The Camera

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Smile For The Camera

The fate of the state
that invades us all without
fear of reprisal

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 61

Pop Goes The Weasels

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Pop Goes The Weasels

Give all nukes the boot
with a world class action suit
and watch peace mushroom

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 98

Proud To Be A Memory

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Proud To Be A Memory

Extermination
is that what your fighting for
wave your extinct flag

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 108

After The Last War

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

After The Last War

Can't you use your brains
before it begins to pour
all that acid rain

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 66

Irrational Passions

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Irrational Passions

So obedient
to systems of violence
void of all logic

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 69

Like Clockwork

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Like Clockwork

God's got a schedule
believe me it's not yours, but
it's always on time

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 51

Shadows

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Shadows

Letting them control
what could be a bright future
you choose their darkness

Kelly McManus

Feb 2021 · 61

The Future You See

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

The Future You See

We'll just be more bones
bleaching in the desert sun
archeology

Kelly McManus

Jan 2021 · 78

Uneducable

Kelly McManus Jan 2021

Uneducable

If what's taught was good
we'd have everlasting peace
not threat of deceased

Kelly McManus

Jan 2021 · 238

Cooperate

Kelly McManus Jan 2021

Cooperate

Do they frighten you
with what they threaten to do
lest you agree to

Kelly McManus

Jan 2021 · 120

A Rhyme For The Last Time

Kelly McManus Jan 2021

A Rhyme For The Last Time

Building arsenals
whose only intent is to
destroy all of you

Kelly McManus