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202 · Oct 2021
Deductibility
Kelly McManus Oct 2021
Deductibility
Where is the kindness
you speak of I fail to see
any in mankind

              Kelly McManus
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202 · Apr 4
Hip No Therapy
Kelly McManus Apr 4
Hip No Therapy
Wished by many scribes
that poetry and music
would end all the lies
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201 · Aug 2021
Who's Definition
Kelly McManus Aug 2021
Who's Definition
Heroes point their guns
if you don't comply with them
will it ever end

                          Kelly McManus
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201 · Jul 2021
Sensory Perception
Kelly McManus Jul 2021
Sensory Perception
Came to my senses
I'm free of their programing
to bad it's just me

                     Kelly McManus
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201 · Dec 2021
Tail Wagging
Kelly McManus Dec 2021
Tail Wagging
If they threaten you
in any way they're not friends
yet you follow them...Kelly McManus
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201 · Jun 2021
So Why Do You?
Kelly McManus Jun 2021
So Why Do You?
Your hierarchy
is completely meaningless
unless you believe

                   Kelly McManus
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200 · Oct 2019
Remainder
Kelly McManus Oct 2019
Remainder
What will they leave you
only the worst of what's yours
best to have nothing

                         Kelly McManus
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200 · Dec 2019
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
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197 · Jul 2021
Archaic Mosaic
Kelly McManus Jul 2021
Archaic Mosaic
Eventually
clinging to their history
brings you world war three

                   Kelly McManus
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197 · Dec 2019
Process Of Dissemination
Kelly McManus Dec 2019
Process Of Dissemination
Militaristic
media helps them maintain
their wars on your brain

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

                          Kelly McManus
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195 · Nov 2021
Same Old Same Old
Kelly McManus Nov 2021
Same Old Same Old
We always wonder
what if this world was perfect
would boredom abound...Kelly McManus
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193 · Mar 9
Fluttering Wings
Kelly McManus Mar 9
Fluttering Wings
Suspended in air
humming birds at a feeder
sipping sweet nectar
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192 · Dec 2021
No Winners
Kelly McManus Dec 2021
No Winners
Doom and gloom children
that's the game you want to play
it will end one day...Kelly McManus
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190 · Jul 2021
Nest To Digest
Kelly McManus Jul 2021
Nest To Digest
You see it smiling
dining on a cup of seed
watch the blue jay feed

             Kelly McManus
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189 · Jan 13
SSSSSSSSSS
Kelly McManus Jan 13
SSSSSSSSSS
Nothing left to do
a world ruled by greedy fools
hanging from a fuse
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189 · Aug 2021
Concepts Of Imhotep
Kelly McManus Aug 2021
Concepts Of Imhotep
Dreams are imagined
just like what your striving for
a dream nothing more

                          Kelly McManus
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189 · Jun 2021
Sad To Say Goodbye
Kelly McManus Jun 2021
Sad To Say Goodbye
I look at mankind
all I want to do is laugh
but then I must cry

              Kelly McManus
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189 · Apr 2024
Folding Triangles
Kelly McManus Apr 2024
Folding Triangles
As long as there's flags
the world remains divided
flying at half mast
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188 · Jul 2024
Wake Up Your Having A Nightmare
Kelly McManus Jul 2024
Wake Up Your Having A Nightmare
Totally unreal
the monetary system
that enslaves the world
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188 · Jun 2021
Just Selling Us Short
Kelly McManus Jun 2021
Just Selling Us Short
Manufacturing
this overpriced war machine
not buying us peace

                       Kelly McManus
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185 · Aug 2021
Have A Banana
Kelly McManus Aug 2021
Have A Banana
Still Neanderthals
grunting to tell everyone
advancements there's none

                    Kelly McManus
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185 · Oct 2019
Suddenly Reappeared
Kelly McManus Oct 2019
Suddenly Reappeared
Finding the laughter
misplaced for so many years
with welcoming tears

               Kelly McManus
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185 · Jul 2019
What The
Kelly McManus Jul 2019
What The
Keep the pace when you're
chasing dreams they might outrun
your expectations
                                 Kelly McManus
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184 · Sep 2021
Dream On
Kelly McManus Sep 2021
Dream On
When your dreams become
a groovy reality
then dream on baby

                     Kelly McManus
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183 · Jun 2021
Initiate Launch Sequence
Kelly McManus Jun 2021
Initiate Launch Sequence
Know where your going
if you would have stopped sooner
might of had a chance

                                 Kelly McManus
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183 · Dec 2019
Bulletin
Kelly McManus Dec 2019
Bulletin
Be a good human
and bigger than a trigger
making peace deceased

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

                            Kelly McManus
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181 · Nov 2024
Heavy Cream
Kelly McManus Nov 2024
Heavy Cream
Life's always better
no matter mood or weather
when topped with whipped cream
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181 · Jun 2019
Sleepy Time
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Sleepy Time
Bears hibernating
there's snow on the mountains
awake when it thaws

                                Kelly McManus
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181 · Aug 2019
Don't Leave Me Polly!
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Don't Leave Me Polly!
Forced to walk the plank
for saying that we sail on
a dictatorship

                         Kelly McManus
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181 · Jun 2019
Cubicle
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Cubicle
As you sit alone
in a tiny room thinking
where did I go wrong
                                          Kelly McManus
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180 · Jun 2019
Quenched
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Quenched
Gingerly hopping
to river's edge a hare
slowly takes a sip

                          Kelly McManus

                          Kelly McManus
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180 · Aug 2019
Indications
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Indications
Cooperation
of subjugation symptoms
submitting to greed

                                  Kelly McManus
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180 · Oct 2021
In A Violin Case
Kelly McManus Oct 2021
In A Violin Case
Putting the squeeze on
everyone world governments
are the mafia

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

                            Kelly McManus
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176 · Aug 2019
Back Aches
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Back Aches
Julius Caesar
would be pleased that his doctrines
still dictate the world

                                       Kelly McManus
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176 · Aug 2019
Tangled Tango
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Tangled Tango
The funniest thing
living your life dancing by
marionette strings
                              
                               Kelly McManus
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176 · Jun 2021
A Deer Memory
Kelly McManus Jun 2021
A Deer Memory
After a light rain
a doe in the forest stops
just to smell the air

              Kelly McManus
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176 · Jan 15
Squirrely
Kelly McManus Jan 15
Squirrely
Out on the fence line
two squirrels
dine side by side
critter crunch and bird seed
seems to make them as happy
as chasing each other
around the trunk of a tree
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176 · May 2021
Glowing
Kelly McManus May 2021
Glowing
We'll be together
instead of being alone
sharing the blast zone

           Kelly McManus
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175 · Jan 2022
Shavings
Kelly McManus Jan 2022
Shavings
Dwindling timeline
whittling away at life
a stick and a knife...Kelly McManus
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175 · Aug 2019
Don't Blink
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Don't Blink
The creeping eye that
likes to spy on everyone
and everything why

                                   Kelly McManus
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175 · Jul 2021
Eddy
Kelly McManus Jul 2021
Eddy
I can hear the rain
as its running down the drain
in life's ebb and flow

                        Kelly McManus
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172 · May 2022
I Watch You Follow
Kelly McManus May 2022
I Watch You Follow
They'll destroy us all
deadliest weapon they have
their stupidity...Kelly McManus
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171 · Mar 2023
Staggering
Kelly McManus Mar 2023
Staggering
Science stumbles on
creating their germs and bombs
until we're all gone...Kelly McManus
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171 · May 2021
A Half Life
Kelly McManus May 2021
A Half Life
When they're done doing
what they said they'd never do
nothing left except

                           Kelly McManus
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171 · Jul 2019
Apprehensive
Kelly McManus Jul 2019
Apprehensive
All the policies
what are the changes you see
it's more expensive
                                   Kelly McManus
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170 · Aug 2021
Only Human
Kelly McManus Aug 2021
Only Human
Refusing to change
a primitive brain remains
trapped in a thick skull

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

                             Kelly McManus
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