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Aug 2019 · 118
Vegetating
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
My thoughts aren't store bought
grown in my mental garden
picked fresh when they’re ripe

                                                  Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 57
We The People
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Just to let you know
to maintain the status quo
we're expendable
Aug 2019 · 48
Traces
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Sitting in stasis
alone in an oasis
with my smiling face

                                    Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 86
Chickadees
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Pretty little birds
swarming the hanging suet
chirp while they chew it

                                          Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 50
Poser Pose
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Meditation is
escaping reality
meditate on that

                             Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 50
Learning Curve
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
What they have you learn
do they teach you happiness
or do I digress

                         Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 102
Wait
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Today's not so great
tomorrow's up for debate
just gotta have faith

                                       Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 41
Tasty
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Savour the flavor
of laying down
some smooth sounds
snap your fingers
tap your toes
that's the way
the melody goes
don't know what's hip
have another sip
and take a dip
on the dance floor
wave you hands
move your feet
sway your seat
let the music's
heart beat flow
through your veins
into your brain and
sing sing sing
the song
you've been
longing for
may it never end
a little jazz
a little blues
with a rhythm
that'll shines
your shoes
get in the groove
and move
baby move
right on out of here
into the stratosphere
with a sonic boom
man what a sweet tune
read you five hy five
and that ain't no jive
it's good to be alive
and savour the flavor of
Love...Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 34
Rumbling Thunder
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Accumulating
nimbus clouds with more dark days
shrouding angry crowds

                                          Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 71
Enslaving Waves
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
You hear the same script
while watching their media
you reading their lines

                                         Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 69
Keep Counting
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
So few can have more
behind their fenced doors the world
suffers for money

                              Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 219
Omissions
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
I have memories
of  the often forgotten
dreams that I wake from

                                          Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 80
Papa Doc Talk
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Psychology words
are fun to use knowing that
they're all just voodoo

                                      Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 110
Superiority Complex
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Know the greater good  
is not for you and I but
those we should defy

                                      Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 183
Boogie Remedy
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
About to melt down
think you've reached your half life now
twist at the disco

                            Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 52
On Track
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Ever want to leave
hop a train and make your way
to towns with no names

                                         Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 70
Complementary
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Mind if they borrow
your life and then give it back
to you for a fee

                          Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 49
Virtual Reality
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Why don't we elect
Watson for president and
congress and senate

                             Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 45
Free Of The Home
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Policy after
policy all that I see
it costs more for me

                               Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 52
Sound Of The Pound
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Does it make your heart
go pitter patter pitter
when called to dinner

                                      Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 87
All In On Perspiration.
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Hedging your bets on
people who sweat profusely
dampen your spirit

                                  Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 100
Conformities Uniform
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
The length of your hair
individuality
the tie that you wear

                                  Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 56
Deferred Maintenance
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
We the people are
part of the infrastructure
left in disrepair

                           Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 84
A Pointed Tale
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
The First Commandment
If you go to war then who
are you fighting for

                                 Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 149
Representation
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Nothing up their sleeves
so where did everything go
into deep pockets

                                       Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 38
The Brush Off
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
The portrait they paint
is not one that shows your strength
but your submission

                                  Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 63
Bon Voyage
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
You crucify love
so  you can follow hate strait
to the gates of hell

                                Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 60
Eradicate
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
If the rot is not
stopped then it will begin to
mold all the children

                                      Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 59
It's Your Baby
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Individuals
held hostage by the insane
you give it a name

                               Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 92
Are You Out Of Your Minds
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Weapons have been banned
in a world that lives in peace
there's the sanity

                             Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 127
Ear To Ear
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
As the ice melts
and the beaches disappear
let's find someone else to fight
on a starlit night
as a heatwave
spreads across the land
why don't we fight
hand to hand
somewhere in the sand
as the hurricanes
become more and more
what say we bomb
someones shore
as the earthquakes
there must be someone
we can strafe
for heaven's sake

                             Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 50
Hitherto Unseen
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Went into the mist
clenching their fists and cursing
last we heard of them

                                    Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 105
On A Whim
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Where the winds will take me
that's where I want to be
a breath of fresh air
on my way to who knows where
tastes like adventure to me
take a bite and see
the world is my buffet
so I'll go for seconds
maybe even thirds
and double up on  dessert
as I flirt with
the beauty this world
has to offer
I will author
a few words
in hast
for I have places to go
and people to see
with no time for a biography
or a blog while I'm still at
the buffet acting like a hog
can't get bogged down
with idle chit chat
since I'm on my way to see
this this and that
would you hand me my hat
toodle-lou be seeing you...Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 99
Misdirect
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Keep on defending
and spending on war your path
back will disappear

                                 Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 48
Redirect
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
If you change your ways
your future could be brighter
than it ever was

                           Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 34
Wavering
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
How much misery
until we reach the end of
your proud history

                               Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 49
Moist & Meaty
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
After a slight rain
a worm came to the surface
where it met a beak

                                  Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 101
Promising Future
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
I can hardly wait
to tell the kids about bees
now there aren't any

                                    Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 50
Counting On You
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
When you think of home
is the vision that you see
a geiger reading

                            Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 176
It's Not Rocket Science
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
A simple question
human beings need to choose
living or dying

                             Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 96
Any Thoughts
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Archeology
found that this world was done in
by their opinion

                           Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 56
Banana Split
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
In so much as so
far we don't know who we are
chimpanzee or clay

                                  Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 41
Where'd They Go
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Again and again
you were warned but in the end
**** oblivion

                       Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 66
Just Hangin' With Judas
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
The community
that they want to create is
a surveillance team

                                Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 49
Execution
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Buy your bomb futures
at the Chicago exchange
business is booming
                                    
                                   Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 61
Beatniks and Bongos
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Where is this thing
called peace
is it somewhere
just outside of Greece
is it in the middle of a war
is it with the girl next door
or could it be simply
demilitarization
of every nation
or a true respect
of God's creation
except for the atheists
who can hang out
with the apes
let's raise a toast
to the Holy Ghost
and ask for peace
from coast to coast
and do our best
to make it last
and live in a world
with class
man oh man
what a gas...Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 41
Unraveling
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
As the echoes of yesterday
fade into the melodies of today
the songs of tomorrow
will be sung
when that time comes
until then
I will rub my brow
considering
the here and now
waiting for things
to change
into something
better than yesterday
or today could provide
closing my eyes
temporarily
cutting the ties
with this reality
dreaming
of seemingly
everything...Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 186
Don't Leave Me Polly!
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Forced to walk the plank
for saying that we sail on
a dictatorship

                         Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 46
Charity
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Sharing and caring
is limited to how much
deduction for you

                             Kelly McManus
Aug 2019 · 50
Got Change For A Dollar?
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
What prevents wisdom
the monetary system
your fear of freedom

                                    Kelly McManus
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