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72 · Jul 2021
Singularity
Kelly McManus Jul 2021
We're all on our own
living alone with ourselves
in our solitude

                    Kelly McManus
72 · Jul 2021
While There's Still Time
Kelly McManus Jul 2021
So when the end comes
will you be filled with regret
you could have stopped it

                       Kelly McManus
72 · Nov 2021
Bone Appetite
Kelly McManus Nov 2021
Is it your free will
that makes you follow the wolves
back home for dinner...Kelly McManus
72 · May 2021
Opposite Direction
Kelly McManus May 2021
I don't follow them
so my sunset will come from
natural causes

                      Kelly McManus
72 · Jun 2021
It's Time To Go
Kelly McManus Jun 2021
Another weeks past
but it's your Friday at last
why's the clock so slow

                 Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Mar 2021
May be monitored
or recorded then there's
implied consent

              Kelly McManus
72 · Dec 2021
Which Is Why
Kelly McManus Dec 2021
Looked beyond
your eyes
into dreams
you were dreaming
my surprising
in those dreams
beyond your eyes
I looked to see
you were dreaming
of me
dreaming of me
in such a way
I never knew
your dreams
would include
you saying
so passionately
hold me love me
and make my dreams
a reality set free
from only being
in my dreams
which is why
you dream of me...Kelly McManus
72 · Nov 2021
Sage's Say
Kelly McManus Nov 2021
Sage's say
another ice age is coming
due to global warming
melting the ice caps away
shores are taking a pelting
with sea levels rising
and it's not surprising
the land's sluffing away
days are growing darker
sooner than before and
don't hear the birds sing
much anymore
every breath seems
to freeze in the cold air
we breathe
never should have
believed they could  
mend this in the end
but that's what
the other sage's said...Kelly McManus
72 · Dec 2021
Government Sanctioned
Kelly McManus Dec 2021
Mr. businessman
genocide in  foreign lands
how's your blood money...Kelly McManus
72 · Apr 2021
Sad State Of Affairs
Kelly McManus Apr 2021
The greed they feed on
just might be the only thing
keeping us alive

                     Kelly McManus
72 · Mar 24
Megaton And Done
Kelly McManus Mar 24
Already to late
the human error mistake
that will seal our fate
Kelly McManus May 2021
Where will we be when
we're erased from history
because we let them

                 Kelly McManus
72 · Mar 2023
Unfortunately
Kelly McManus Mar 2023
The time that it takes
to restore this world again
unfortunately...Kelly McManus
72 · Jun 2021
Ashes
Kelly McManus Jun 2021
Power's come too soon
for those who refuse to learn
that the fire will burn

                       Kelly McManus
72 · Sep 2021
Well Rounded
Kelly McManus Sep 2021
How big their ego
that could only go so far
when the world was flat

               Kelly McManus
72 · Feb 2021
Policy
Kelly McManus Feb 2021
Corporate bottom line
doesn't include being kind
just nickels and dimes

                   Kelly McManus
72 · Jul 2019
None Of The Above
Kelly McManus Jul 2019
Bad replaces bad
so what are you voting for
more bad things to come

                                           Kelly McManus
72 · Nov 2019
Lumbering
Kelly McManus Nov 2019
Look at the pleasant
trees as you sharpen your ax
and bark as I leave

                      Kelly McManus
72 · Feb 2021
Syphoning
Kelly McManus Feb 2021
They don't hesitate
wasting time with their debates
just to raise their rates

                            Kelly McManus
72 · Jan 2022
Rose Again
Kelly McManus Jan 2022
Velvet soft petals
clenched tightly inside a bud
blossom fragrantly...Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Jul 2021
Stupidest people
who are hoarding nuclear bombs
and run weapons labs

                              Kelly McManus
72 · Aug 2019
Embrace The Human Race
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
If only the world
community would control
its own destiny

                         Kelly McManus
72 · Oct 2019
Legislate
Kelly McManus Oct 2019
They don't hesitate
to instigate policies
unreasonably

     Kelly McManus
72 · Jul 2019
Fresh Meat
Kelly McManus Jul 2019
It's a rainy day
the birds are feeding on worms
instead of my seed

                                Kelly McManus
72 · Aug 2021
Winging It
Kelly McManus Aug 2021
A little bird sings
you stupid human beings
ruin everything

                  Kelly McManus
72 · Feb 2021
Impaled By Failure
Kelly McManus Feb 2021
Those who choose to war
they themselves are defeated
in utter disgrace

                       Kelly McManus
71 · Aug 2019
No Bones About It
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
My enemies act
so friendly that I want to
put a leash on them

                           Kelly McManus
71 · Nov 2019
Misty Peaks
Kelly McManus Nov 2019
A layer of fog
masks an ice capped mountain range
glows in the sun's rays

                        Kelly McManus
71 · May 2021
The Crown Fools
Kelly McManus May 2021
A hierarchy
your allowing to exist
you like being less

           Kelly McManus
71 · Jul 2021
Secret Sauce
Kelly McManus Jul 2021
Let the internet
devour you now until
you exit its bowels

           Kelly McManus
71 · Nov 2021
Doctor Rat
Kelly McManus Nov 2021
What does their PHD
tell them other than
they know nothing
yet they will try
to make something
out of nothing
in order to
convince you
that they know
what they're doing
with your ensuing
future
which they will tell
you comes in the form
of a pill you take
three times a day
and watch your
problems simply
fade away
into oblivion
every time
you refill
your prescription...Kelly McManus
71 · Oct 2021
Going Green
Kelly McManus Oct 2021
Don't need to dumb down
already  exceeded that
turned the world to crap

                   Kelly McManus
71 · Jan 2020
Mushrooming
Kelly McManus Jan 2020
World's living in fear
yet there's only one question
so what's on tap here

                         Kelly McManus
71 · Jun 2019
We Have You Surrounded!
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Know poetry doesn't
stop war, only you can, with
unified demand!

                            Kelly McManus
71 · Oct 2021
Get It Together
Kelly McManus Oct 2021
Their reality
that they've gone and named dream
divides everything

                                   Kelly McManus
71 · Oct 2021
Travesty
Kelly McManus Oct 2021
Reaching consciousness
after years of brainwashing
hope there's more than me

                    Kelly McManus
71 · Jun 2021
Zero Emissions
Kelly McManus Jun 2021
Zero emissions
just like the name says they'll give
you nothing instead

                                Kelly McManus
71 · Aug 2021
Think
Kelly McManus Aug 2021
It's not optional
we either do or we don't
don't we won't be here

               Kelly McManus
71 · Jun 2019
Astronomy
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Laying on the lawn
pointing out constellations
see The Big Dipper
                                   Kelly McManus
71 · Dec 2019
Gristle
Kelly McManus Dec 2019
Polite tendencies
but in a feeding frenzy
only bones remain

           Kelly McManus
71 · Jul 2021
Same Game
Kelly McManus Jul 2021
Can't you do better
than watch your gladiators
citizens of Rome

                    Kelly McManus
71 · Jan 2020
Blank Stares
Kelly McManus Jan 2020
A problem to solve
remove like letters and see
whos networking you

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

                                         Kelly McManus
71 · Jun 2021
Mental State
Kelly McManus Jun 2021
Now my mind is free
after a lobotomy
won't need theories

         Kelly McManus
71 · Nov 2019
Dwarfed
Kelly McManus Nov 2019
The stars in the sky
will still be here by and by
but not you and I

                   Kelly McManus
71 · Jun 2021
That Someone Is You
Kelly McManus Jun 2021
You go through your life
hoping someone will save you
from the way you live

                          Kelly McManus
71 · Dec 2019
Ixnay
Kelly McManus Dec 2019
They say they're your friends
then force you to fund their ends
they're not heaven sent



                      Kelly McManus
71 · Sep 2021
Ya Know
Kelly McManus Sep 2021
When they read the rules
and computers run the show
there'll be some changes

                      Kelly McManus
70 · May 2021
Operation Save The Nation
Kelly McManus May 2021
The system
needs to be lanced
and then
completely drained
until none
of the system
remains

      Kelly McManus
70 · Mar 2021
Control Freaks
Kelly McManus Mar 2021
As they snap and growl
at anyone who gets near
the bone in their bowl

               Kelly McManus
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