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Jun 2019 · 36
Reflection
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Look in the mirror
that's the person that can hold
you back from your dreams
                                         Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 106
Unscheduled Flights
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
When you get your wings
don't be proud or the angels
toss you off the cloud
                                       Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 83
All You Need
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Hate will never pass
through the pearly gates only
love is welcome here
                                      Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 58
Be Seeing You
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
It was easy to know
it was the end of the road
when I saw you go
our paths may cross again
someday
out of the wind and rain
we could be standing
eye to eye perhaps wishing
we could spend one more
night arm in arm I mean
what's the harm
but until that day to come
we will simply be occasional
memories and I can only hope
yours of me will still be fond
now that you are gone.
Jun 2019 · 59
Hang-Ups
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Priceless work of art
you must keep away from them
because it's your life
                                     Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 75
A Skilled Surgeon
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Doctors please observe
as I remove the funds from
the patients account
                                      Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 33
OOPS!
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
You really want
to trust someone whose business
is called a practice
                                   Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 32
Political Race
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Doesn't matter who won
cause we know when it's all done
pop goes the weasel
                                     Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 82
Appreciation
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Yes I know Thank You
just haven't seen him in a while
living thankless days
                                      Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 57
Fat Lady Sings
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
The opera tongue
in which one should it be sung
one where the tongues mute
                                                    Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 115
Irrelativity
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Geniuses so what
made a big bang theory
where nothing remains
                                           Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 141
Uncharted
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
I remember,
when the things they taught me,
seemed to mean something,
until the day came when I realized,
the things they taught me;
they didn't believe in any way,
so what I was taught,
meant less than nothing.
Now I'm back to square one,
following the sun,
with the wind in my sails,
going my own way, on a calm sea,
with dolphins leading me,
away from the hypocrisy.
                                                Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 88
Spock Give Me Your Phaser
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Going through phases
small then medium then large
until were phased out
                                   Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 96
Happier Times
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Once was happening
isn't happening anymore
just by happenchance
                                  Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 173
It's A Snap
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Mankind has a rope
around its neck the bottoms
about to drop out
                                 Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 39
Searing
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Sharpening the blade
place the skillet on the flame
it was cut and fry
                              Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 45
Simple Things
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Jello bowl jiggling
pleasant memory for me
topped off with whip cream
                                                 Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 72
Astronomy
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Laying on the lawn
pointing out constellations
see The Big Dipper
                                   Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 58
Game Day
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
The fans in the stands
are all clapping their hands while
cheering every play
                                    Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 46
One On The Guest List
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
You can't change people
people have to change themselves
a private party
                             Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 56
Not Positive
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Negativity
without a smile on your face
and in a dark place
                                  Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 40
Up A Creek
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Tears rolled down her cheek
in shock unable to speak
no ice cream this week
                                         Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 57
Chamber Of Horrors
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
As the fingernails
scratched deep into the chalkboard
mercy was implored
                                    Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 56
Hourglass
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Running sands of time
filling a space in your mind
with many ideas
                             Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 158
Afloat
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
On a tranquil pond
was a beautiful swan
swimming figure eights
                                          Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 88
Standings
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
First place the arms race
second place the space race last
place the human race
                                     Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 391
There's Fungus Among Us!
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
The little piggy
smiled ear to ear as it hogged
a big fat truffle

                             Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 202
Sunny Side Up
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
A rooster dreams of
one day being over easy
with a flock of hens

                          Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 56
Unison
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Did you ever wish
you could dance with the fish in
sea choreography

                               Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 183
Sleepy Time
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Bears hibernating
there's snow on the mountains
awake when it thaws

                                Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 74
Sine Waves
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Flying fish flying past me
at the sea of Tuscany
sailing a dinghy

                         Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 31
What A Dive
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Capital idea
jumping off a cliff into
a cool blue ocean

                       Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 56
Vibes
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Band had a good groove
people were tapping their feet
in time with the beat

                                     Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 180
Quenched
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Gingerly hopping
to river's edge a hare
slowly takes a sip

                          Kelly McManus

                          Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 68
Oblivious
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
A butterfly lands
on a fawns ear unaware
the deer just stands there

                            Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 161
Abuzz
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Where would the worker
bees be without their fair share
of royal jelly?

                             Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 44
Shall We Gather
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
I'm with a plant
here in a terrarium just
growing assumptions

                              Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 152
On A Eggroll
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Drank so much last night
put my brain in a stir-fry
dumpling me in bed

                             Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 77
Another Irony In The Fire
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
How far do you go
with your threats and innuendo?
Just ask the devil.

                                  Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 68
Brushing Up
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Sit on a sofa
to observe a work of art
paint it with your mind

                              Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 177
Wagging
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
A pack of puppies
frolicking out on the lawn
barking up my tree

                            Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 102
Wave Goodbye
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
All of those painted rags;
dividing everyone from,
just being human beings

                         Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 83
Conceptual
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
After love, life is the most precious thing to live,
and live it well you should, and live it right,
every day and every night, and know how lucky
you are, to be given a life to live.
  Once the realization, finally sinks in, that you have
a duty to survive this life you've been given, and how
precious it is, then you must look at the world around
you, and see all the other precious things
called the living.
   Knowing the living, like you needs help to survive,
put out your hand, and help with thier lives, so, they can
help with yours;
if you argue, forgive, if you agree, be happy, but help
each other reach the next plateau of existence because
it's a living.
   God only knows, how long it will take to evolve,
to the point, of a true appreciation of creation;
So instead of swatting that fly, you just say, Hi!

                                                                Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 46
OHHHM!
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
All my emotions;
holding me back, from finding,
my enlightenment.
My enlightenment.
holding me back, from finding,
all my emotions.
So will my enlightenment ,
curl up and die, if  I choose
to laugh, or cry, but then I find,
the ultimate truth; everything
will be OK, because nothing
matters anyway.

                           Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 115
Next Patient Igor
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Bleeding with leeches,
electroshock therapy;
your yearly check up?

                          Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 87
A Scary Tale
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Once upon a time,
defense spending; won't bring,
a happy ending.

                           Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 49
Matter of Interpretation
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
The dichotomy;
the true zen state, of The State,
a lobotomy.

                               Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 214
The Pleasantry Of Peasantry
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
The Palace, needs more,
pleasantry of peasantry,
means less for the poor.

                              Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 89
What Are The Odds?
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Send the world leaders,
to Mars, for a winner take
all, pay-per-view match.

                               Kelly McManus
Jun 2019 · 80
My Diagnosis
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
An ink blot is, an
ink blot, nothing more, except,
a fools fantasy.

                            Kelly McManus
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