Kelly McManus: Poems

Mar 2020 · 27

Keep it Clean

Kelly McManus Mar 2020

Keep it Clean

Best way to survive
is to keep disinfectant
well stocked in you life

Kelly McManus

Mar 2020 · 31

Blood Money

Kelly McManus Mar 2020

Blood Money

How many lost lives
will it take to fund the wars
before were all done

Kelly McManus

Mar 2020 · 27

Final Thoughts

Kelly McManus Mar 2020

Final Thoughts

My dear enemy
know I'll be laughing at you
your last memory

Kelly McManus

Mar 2020 · 37

Cup Of Sugar

Kelly McManus Mar 2020

Cup Of Sugar

More devastation
outside the eye of the storm
why invite it in

Kelly McManus

Mar 2020 · 28

Deaf Ears

Kelly McManus Mar 2020

Deaf Ears

Unfree expression
with aggressive poetry
pleasing displeasing

Kelly McManus

Mar 2020 · 46

You First

Kelly McManus Mar 2020

You First

What's scarier than
the end of the world watching
you follow their lead

Kelly McManus

Mar 2020 · 27

No Say At The End Of Days

Kelly McManus Mar 2020

No Say At The End Of Days

One can only laugh
at the aftermath you all
allowed to unfold

Kelly McManus

Mar 2020 · 46

Swayed Day To Day

Kelly McManus Mar 2020

Swayed Day To Day

Use of video
and audio to control
people's little minds

Kelly McManus

Mar 2020 · 17

Primitive Man So Yesterday

Kelly McManus Mar 2020

Primitive Man So Yesterday

Don't need weaponry
or those who choose to use it
evolved far beyond

Kelly McManus

Mar 2020 · 24

Livestock

Kelly McManus Mar 2020

Livestock

Crush real estate
give you nothing at their banks
your best interest

Kelly McManus

Mar 2020 · 20

The State Of Things

Kelly McManus Mar 2020

The State Of Things

Crucify the good
to maintain the status quo
just letting you know

Kelly McManus

Mar 2020 · 23

Possible Fossils

Kelly McManus Mar 2020

Possible Fossils

Only so many
species can become extinct
till we're on that list

Kelly McManus

Mar 2020 · 25

Way Of Decay

Kelly McManus Mar 2020

Way Of Decay

Seeing where you've been
why do you continue on
such a rotten path

Kelly McManus

Mar 2020 · 45

Bridging The Crap

Kelly McManus Mar 2020

Bridging The Crap

What they've built so far
has not gotten rid of war
only prolonged it

Kelly McManus

Mar 2020 · 50

Cheek To Cheek

Kelly McManus Mar 2020

Cheek To Cheek

As a samba beat
plays softly in the background
they're light on their feet

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 44

Megaton Bums

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Megaton Bums

Hobos on a track
that has no way back only
the end of the line

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 30

Chatter Doesn't Matter

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Chatter Doesn't Matter

Just a normal day
no negative atmosphere
soft music playing

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 16

Round And Round

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Round And Round

How far have you gone
on the rungs that they gave you
so run gerbil run

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 21

Misplaced Race

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Misplaced Race

Civilized beings
where on earth do you find them
not in this timeline

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 22

Third Degree

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Third Degree

Problem with knowledge
is its abuse by small minds
who make big mistakes

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 35

Fading Out Of Sight

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Fading Out Of Sight

Behind empty eyes
shadows materialize
grasping at the light

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 24

On The Web

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

On The Web

Dreaming of freedom
held hostage by a nightmare
in a world of fear

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 27

Free As A Bird

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Free As A Bird

Look where they took you
all the way to the cliffs edge
just keep following

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 37

Patchy Fog

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Patchy Fog

I might weep today
and tomorrow laugh out loud
things that cloud my mind

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 40

Equality Of Life

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Equality Of Life

Remember the days
when we were all true'ly free
days before countries

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 17

Spirit Of The Future

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Spirit Of The Future

Watch paradise burn
since you people didn't learn
to control yourselves

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 49

Play It Again Sam

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Play It Again Sam

When you find yourself
in a prerecorded world
reruns reign supreme

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 30

From Big Rocks To Small

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

From Big Rocks To Small

Invisible chains
help to maintain status quo
nice ankle bracelets

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 20

Industrialist

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Industrialist

Go on do your worst
to this place that we call Earth
from worth to worthless

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 27

Leash Capisce

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Leash Capisce

Say they're our servants
then why do they work so hard
at mastering us

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 21

Ripen

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Ripen

You seek inner peace
while outside a war rages
find it in old age

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 43

Apply Pressure

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Apply Pressure

Proper procedure
with a festering system
lance and let it drain

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 33

Inoperable

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Inoperable

People at their worst
i'd say that the universe
has quarantined Earth

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 38

Band, Sport, And Last Resort?

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Band, Sport, And Last Resort?

People making noise
neanderthals running *****
push the button; please!

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 36

Provoke The Quota

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Provoke The Quota

Hassle and harass
and invade your privacy
yeah they send out teams

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 32

Auctioned Off

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Auctioned Off

There's no unity
there's only a vast divide
they sell and you buy

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 88

Remodeling

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Remodeling

Say no more to war
say yes to the human race
and let's fix this place

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 48

Lacking Originality

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Lacking Originality

Look around the world
tell me if you ever see
an unmolded mind

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 21

Just A Placebo

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Just A Placebo

Think they're taking us
to paradise asked one of
the other lab mice

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 41

One Of These Days

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

One Of These Days

Until there's complete
demilitarization
survive suicide

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 26

Brink Of Extinction

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Brink Of Extinction

Just where would we be
without all of their bang bang
boom boom history

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 25

Ruins

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Ruins

I've seen the wicked
play their befriend and betray
games that they all lost

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 36

Attention

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Attention

You let it happen
one day your children will wear
a world uniform

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 37

Glazed Doughnuts

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Glazed Doughnuts

After your daily
mind meld its tough to reach you
with any logic

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 24

Soul You're A Fortune

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Soul You're A Fortune

Their trained assassins
would you say they're your heroes
or do you have faith

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 29

Small Talkers

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Small Talkers

Abbreviations
what are the implications
brevity of thought

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 45

Regression

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Regression

They gurney me out
of the morgue I remember
whats now my past life

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 66

Colorful Petals

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Colorful Petals

Yellow butterfly
fluttered to a flower blue
red ladybug too

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 39

Global Worming

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Global Worming

Trees are vanishing
and your dry land is sinking
they do your thinking

Kelly McManus

Feb 2020 · 28

I Can't Hear You!

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

I Can't Hear You!

With pride in their eyes
children in their uniforms
soon to die for lies

Kelly McManus