Kelly McManus: Poems

Jan 2020 · 30

Expired

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Expired

Nonsense today means
no sense in tomorrow so
laugh cry say goodbye

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 97

Your Eyelids Are Getting Heavy

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Your Eyelids Are Getting Heavy

All of your concerns
and questions will be answered
by trained announcers

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 109

Doggone It

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Doggone It

A wolfpack attacks
but a quick thinking deer leaps
across a deep creek

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 28

Unusual Programming

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Unusual Programming

Don't let them master
your mind with repetitive
thought control techniques

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 32

Boob Tube Snooze

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

**** Tube Snooze

Fighting this and that
as they try to sell you crap
time to take a nap

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 83

A Bright Future

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

A Bright Future

Spread all of the clouds
so the sun can shine again
and let the storms end

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 16

Oh No Hundred Hours

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Oh No Hundred Hours

Recognize the signs
suicidal tendencies
thoughts of enlisting

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 96

Nonprofit

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Nonprofit

Make your checks out to
we'll pollute the world for you
it's deductible

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 16

Who Left The Gate Open The Brain Ran Away

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Who Left The Gate Open The Brain Ran Away

Thinkings optional
that's why there's so little thought
things that need to stop

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 78

A Girl's Gotta Eat

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

A Girl's Gotta Eat

With her ravenous
appetite it's a wonder
her children survived

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 12

Would You

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Would You

We scream we think but
no matter how loud other
worlds don't come around

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 42

A Soft Breeze

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

A Soft Breeze

Sounds of sweet song birds
squirrels frolicking in trees
fragrance of flowers

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 30

Igor's Lament

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Igor's Lament

It's so very sad
the world gave mad scientists
free run in the lab

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 37

Unintelligible

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Unintelligible

Hoping to survive
another primitive age
that rage just won't change

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 20

Tools Of The Jewels

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Tools Of The Jewels

You can do better
than bowing down to people
who wear shiny hats

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 47

Cast Out Closed In Made To Be Human

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Cast Out Closed In Made To Be Human

You're born from a womb
but at the end you're entombed
between them you're groomed

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 28

Poetry Apology

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Poetry Apology

Write these on the fly
so when the fly flies away
can't do a spell check

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 32

Evolution

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Evolution

Flexing your muscles
and banging your chest only
slows down the process

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 29

So Far So Good

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

So Far So Good

Would you want mankind
living in your neighborhood
or out in the woods

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 70

Model Citizens

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Model Citizens

Way people react
are straitjackets in fashion
in the world today

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 71

Mushrooming

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Mushrooming

World's living in fear
yet there's only one question
so what's on tap here

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 34

Wooden Stakes

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Wooden Stakes

It's you who let them
reign you then slowly drain you
of your very life

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 41

Game Over

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Game Over

You lost your freedom
watching their gladiators
that's the final score

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 25

Pass The Past Tense Please

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Pass The Past Tense Please

Your stuck with today
unless everyone agrees
tomorrow's better

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 30

Minus Times

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Minus Times

All their negatives
when multiplied will become
a positive sum

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 29

Polished

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Polished

Where you gonna be
seeing your reflection in
their shoes you just shined

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 68

REM State

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

REM State

Serving the servants
is the dream they have for you
better wake up soon

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 36

PSA

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

PSA

Unplug their network
so that you can truly see
beyond the mirage

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 30

Some Things Never Change

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Some Things Never Change

Still in the stone age
living in our concrete caves
staring at pictures

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 42

Blooming Lovely

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Blooming Lovely

Pedals of a rose
slowly open to expose
beauty to behold

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 40

The Wee People

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

The Wee People

Die for the warlords
such an honorable thing
who are they kidding

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 38

Heave Ho

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Heave **

If I was ever
asked to describe a cruise ship
floating petri dish

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 49

Electoral College Indeed

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Electoral College Indeed

Behind their fences
hiding from society
implementing greed

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 46

Half Smile All The While

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Half Smile All The While

Since no one listens
what good is enlightenment
it's good for a laugh

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 35

Freedom Of Choice

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Freedom Of Choice

Would rather honor
my Holy Father and Son
than trained assassins

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 79

Doom Pah Pah

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Doom Pah Pah

See empty cities
on barren land following
the wrong marching band

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 96

A Forest Line

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

A Forest Line

Can you imagine
a centipede tap dancing
with a millipede

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 66

Masters Degree In Stupidity

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Masters Degree In Stupidity

You're at the junction
violence and destruction
could cost you your lives

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 33

Pillars Of Society

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Pillars Of Society

The pills that you take
for maladies they create
to cure you of faith

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 83

1 in 400,000,000,000,000,000

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

1 in 400,000,000,000,000,000

Ever calculate
the odds of us being here
bet we're worth the birth

Kelly McManus

Jan 2020 · 20

The Missing Think

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

The Missing Think

With your club in hand
you are still nothing more than
Neanderthal Man

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 74

Sure Fire

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Sure Fire

Being pushed around
by punks with guns saddest thing
you elected them

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 65

Waxed

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Waxed

They lit a candle
that still burns today melt down
will leave a puddle

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 71

Ixnay

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Ixnay

They say they're your friends
then force you to fund their ends
they're not heaven sent

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 65

Exploration Decimation

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Exploration Decimation

Will indigenous
tribes on Mars also survive
their reservations

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 202

Process Of Dissemination

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Process Of Dissemination

Militaristic
media helps them maintain
their wars on your brain

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 109

Training Purposes = Railroaded

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Training Purposes = Railroaded

Recording you is
invasion of privacy
not implied consent

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 206

Human In Name

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Human In Name

If the world did change
and freedom did truly reign
we'd all be the same

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 129

Dream Of Freedom

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Dream Of Freedom

Recognize their script
they read it to you daily
obey is its theme

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 48

It's Sad To Say

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

It's Sad To Say

How many more lives
will their lies cost us today
no wisdom in ism's

Kelly McManus