Kelly McManus: Poems

Dec 2019 · 129

Spear Ritual

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Spear Ritual

What will primitives
do with technology but
abuse the privilege

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 123

How Much Is Enough

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

How Much Is Enough

End of tomorrow
started so few years ago
can't spend the bankroll

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 80

Thought Knot

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Thought Knot

Freeing your mind of
their undivine reasoning
is truly pleasing

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 156

Windsor Knot

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Windsor Knot

Do you need a tie
to be a human being
uniformity

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 118

Kowtowing

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Kowtowing

Cornfed and nodding
the herd agrees that suicide's
way to stay alive

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 226

Got A Light

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Got A Light

Life is a lesson
and this world has learned enough
gone in one last puff

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 117

Pilot To Bombardier

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Pilot To Bombardier

Where ya gonna go
when the world you knew is gone
should have fired them all

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 43

New Years Revolution

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

New Years Revolution

Government's a hard
habit to quit but you must
before you get hooked

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 68

Non Sequitur

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Non Sequitur

What do you believe
only what you've been programed
the programming's flawed

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 113

Statuesque

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Statuesque

The celebrities
they cast to rewrite their past
and the winner is

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 76

Opposers

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Opposers

Enemies just laugh
they chose not to be your friend
so the jokes on them

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 58

Figment Of Creation

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Figment Of Creation

Imaginary
their monetary system
diminishing life

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 75

Persevere

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Persevere

To live long avoid
earthly ideologies
and bad surgeries

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 68

Lead Me Away

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Lead Me Away

Every single day
they send temptation your way
I suggest you pray

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 57

Don't Mention It

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Don't Mention It

Intentionally
hoping things will get better
eventually

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 109

Got Change For A Dollar

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Got Change For A Dollar

People's pettiness
is a characteristic
the system creates

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 126

Before Today's Tomorrow

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Before Today's Tomorrow

Futures biggest threat
is the presents refusal
to learn from its past

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 155

Centuries Of Bruised Knees

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Centuries Of Bruised Knees

People say their free
while they bow and grovel to
some hierarchy

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 173

Benched

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Benched

Foolishly they split
themselves into opposing
teams with the wrong goal

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 48

Memory Lapse

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Memory Lapse

When part of your mind
is missing deep into thought
something you forgot

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 64

Storm The Castle

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Storm The Castle

The futility
of feudal society
unpleasant peasants

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 53

Life's Good

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Life's Good

Throw a rope over
a beam or load a chamber
pray to your saviour

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 100

A Waste Of Clay

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

A Waste Of Clay

Oop's all anyone
can say when they look back at
mankind's history

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 85

Worth Much More Than Ore

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Worth Much More Than Ore

Allowing yourselves
to be bought and sold simply
for silver and gold

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 49

The Weavers

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

The Weavers

The world they create
a spider web that holds you
while they drain you dry

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 159

Crocks In The Swamp

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Crocks In The Swamp

Stop funding doctors
and lawyers and warriors
and profit in peace

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 186

Bulletin

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Bulletin

Be a good human
and bigger than a trigger
making peace deceased

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 63

Dodo Bird Blues

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Dodo Bird Blues

World shows no logic
not even the logical
fear of extinction

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 158

Encephalon

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Encephalon

When the zombies come
where in the world will you run
use you brain they will

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 46

Remember The

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Remember The

Many things once grew
before people got through with
selfish ravaging

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 75

Sis Boom Bah

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Sis Boom Bah

Anybody know
whether the electoral
college's Ivy League

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 51

United Guess Again

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

United Guess Again

If you agree to
intentional division
yes it will cost you

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 71

Gristle

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Gristle

Polite tendencies
but in a feeding frenzy
only bones remain

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 105

Sent COD

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Sent COD

Who's freedom is it
because I don't think it's yours
or mine at this time

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 114

Brainchild

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Brainchild

The human mindset
of dividing everything
on empty concepts

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 67

Chisel The Shazizzle

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Chisel The Shazizzle

Always a statue
to commemorate those who
want to control you

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 79

Done Remotely

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Done Remotely

They're screening you for
disaster just switch it on
see who's your master

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 75

Save Yourself From Yourself

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Save Yourself From Yourself

What new beginning
comes from such a visceral
end to end all ends

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 97

Rank And File

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Rank And File

The chain of command
are you chained to it or are
you a free thinker

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 57

Withdrawn

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Withdrawn

Compounded daily
wasted thoughts so many with
little interest

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 102

Arrivederci

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Arrivederci

Whatever language
you choose climate won't change so
goodbye amigo

Kelly McManus

Dec 2019 · 101

And They're Off

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

And They're Off

Looks like in the race
oblivion's in the lead
unless wisdom wins

Kelly McManus

Nov 2019 · 57

Fifty Fifty

Kelly McManus Nov 2019

Fifty Fifty

The night creeps up on
daylight casting its shadow
halfway round the world

Kelly McMamus

Nov 2019 · 150

Circuit To The Chase

Kelly McManus Nov 2019

Circuit To The Chase

Where's the human mind
after we're computerized
give them the boot now

Kelly McManus

Nov 2019 · 71

Misty Peaks

Kelly McManus Nov 2019

Misty Peaks

A layer of fog
masks an ice capped mountain range
glows in the sun's rays

Kelly McManus

Nov 2019 · 112

A Fraction

Kelly McManus Nov 2019

A Fraction

When they go to Mars
what will be left here just the
ninety nine percent

Kelly McManus

Nov 2019 · 53

Famished

Kelly McManus Nov 2019

Famished

The fly rubbed its hands
then landed on the flower
snap went the fly trap

Kelly McManus

Nov 2019 · 270

Just Another Parody

Kelly McManus Nov 2019

Just Another Parody

They say they're heroes
after extorting me with
their racketeering

Kelly McManus

Nov 2019 · 62

Circus

Kelly McManus Nov 2019

Circus

Where can laughter be
found in a world run by clowns
when they all leave town

Kelly McManus

Nov 2019 · 45

Show Gun

Kelly McManus Nov 2019

Show Gun

Warlords want more war
refusing to accept peace
we are the deceased

Kelly McManus