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Kelly McManus
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50
· Jun 2019
Spare Change?
Kelly McManus
Jun 2019
Spare Change?
Nobody's relative,
irrelevant, indeed,
that's news to me;
will someone sponsor,
this philosophy;
absolutely,
where do I sign,
and when can I see,
the new product line,
and will it air, in prime time?
Buddy, can you spare a dime?
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50
· Jul 2021
Permanently
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Jul 2021
Permanently
People of this world
should all go on strike unless
they end all fighting
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50
· Oct 2020
Gotta Claim Ticket
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Oct 2020
Gotta Claim Ticket
Found in loving peace
is the perfection you seek
lost in warring greed
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50
· Oct 2019
Flight Appetites
Kelly McManus
Oct 2019
Flight Appetites
I looked and did see
a flock of small birds pecking
at my plate of seed
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50
· Aug 2019
Got Change For A Dollar?
Kelly McManus
Aug 2019
Got Change For A Dollar?
What prevents wisdom
the monetary system
your fear of freedom
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50
· Sep 2020
Be Divisive
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Sep 2020
Be Divisive
Intuitively
invading your privacy
just say no cookie
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50
· Mar 2021
Sublime
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Mar 2021
Sublime
A world without guns
or weapons of any kind
sure would be sublime
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50
· Aug 2019
Poser Pose
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Aug 2019
Poser Pose
Meditation is
escaping reality
meditate on that
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50
· Aug 2019
Hitherto Unseen
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Aug 2019
Hitherto Unseen
Went into the mist
clenching their fists and cursing
last we heard of them
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49
· Aug 2019
Moist & Meaty
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Aug 2019
Moist & Meaty
After a slight rain
a worm came to the surface
where it met a beak
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49
· Jan 2020
Electoral College Indeed
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Jan 2020
Electoral College Indeed
Behind their fences
hiding from society
implementing greed
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49
· Jun 2021
Throw Away More DNA
Kelly McManus
Jun 2021
Throw Away More DNA
Was hoped for a time
that mankind would achieve thought
oh well I guess not
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49
· Dec 2019
The Weavers
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Dec 2019
The Weavers
The world they create
a spider web that holds you
while they drain you dry
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49
· Jul 2021
Your Move
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Jul 2021
Your Move
A world without peace
is one stupid move away
from nothing remains
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49
· Jun 2019
Matter of Interpretation
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Jun 2019
Matter of Interpretation
The dichotomy;
the true zen state, of The State,
a lobotomy.
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49
· Apr 2021
Unravel The Gavel
Kelly McManus
Apr 2021
Unravel The Gavel
Government's slowly
taking away your freedom
with legislation
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49
· Jun 2019
That's What The Simple Folk Do!
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Jun 2019
That's What The Simple Folk Do!
The scariest thing
about the military
that it still exists
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49
· Aug 2020
Attest
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Aug 2020
Attest
Our lives are worth less
than all of their interests
so few will protest
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49
· Aug 2019
Virtual Reality
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Aug 2019
Virtual Reality
Why don't we elect
Watson for president and
congress and senate
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49
· Mar 2020
Be Seeing You
Kelly McManus
Mar 2020
Be Seeing You
Go on keep reading
indeed open up your mind
find me in your dreams
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49
· Dec 2020
Beyond Again
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Dec 2020
Beyond Again
Where are you going
returning to where you've been
or somewhere elsewhere
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48
· Oct 2019
Radical Procedure
Kelly McManus
Oct 2019
Radical Procedure
War is a cancer
with radiation treatments
might stop its advance
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48
· May 2021
Well Defined
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May 2021
Well Defined
Mankind bang your drums
slap your swords against your shields
know your fates been sealed
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48
· Aug 2020
Ballot Bullet Points
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Aug 2020
Ballot Bullet Points
Who do you elect
someone else to point a gun
at you and say give
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48
· Aug 2019
Traces
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Aug 2019
Traces
Sitting in stasis
alone in an oasis
with my smiling face
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48
· Dec 2020
Avast Ye Telecast
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Dec 2020
Avast Ye Telecast
My ship has set sail
away from the pirate fleets
that rule the airwaves
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48
· Aug 2020
Love It
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Aug 2020
Love It
If you keep your faith
enemies will never win
but please pray for them
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48
· Aug 2019
Global Warming
Kelly McManus
Aug 2019
Global Warming
The ice is melting
what will the eskimos do
without their igloos
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48
· Sep 2020
Mortuary Humor
Kelly McManus
Sep 2020
Mortuary Humor
Weaponization
is implementation of
self preservation
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48
· Aug 2019
Oh My
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Aug 2019
Oh My
A beautiful creek
with a bridge from side to side
makes the willow weep
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48
· Feb 2020
Auctioned Off
Kelly McManus
Feb 2020
Auctioned Off
There's no unity
there's only a vast divide
they sell and you buy
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48
· Feb 2021
Smile For The Camera
Kelly McManus
Feb 2021
Smile For The Camera
The fate of the state
that invades us all without
fear of reprisal
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48
· Jun 2021
Why ET Stays Away
Kelly McManus
Jun 2021
Why ET Stays Away
Exploratory
brain surgery not welcome
ya know what I mean
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48
· May 2021
The Great Beyond
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May 2021
The Great Beyond
Will we find our way
past what the fools who lead say
dawn of a new day
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48
· Dec 2019
It's Sad To Say
Kelly McManus
Dec 2019
It's Sad To Say
How many more lives
will their lies cost us today
no wisdom in ism's
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48
· Aug 2019
Quicksand Man
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Aug 2019
Quicksand Man
They feed on your greed
and call it a dream wake up
and see the nightmare
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48
· Aug 2019
Extras
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Aug 2019
Extras
More rats than humans
in LA or so they say it's
not just Hollywood
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48
· Aug 2019
Recyclable
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Aug 2019
Recyclable
My casket sawdust
skin and bones fertilizer
it's growing on me
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48
· Jun 2019
Hear To See
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Jun 2019
Hear To See
A bird happily
singing in a tree ask me
I would say that's free
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48
· Aug 2019
Redirect
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Aug 2019
Redirect
If you change your ways
your future could be brighter
than it ever was
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48
· Jul 2021
Plastic's The New Deity
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Jul 2021
Plastic's The New Deity
Seems like as a whole
they worship rocks and paper
as their life saver
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48
· Dec 2019
Memory Lapse
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Dec 2019
Memory Lapse
When part of your mind
is missing deep into thought
something you forgot
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47
· Jan 2020
Cast Out Closed In Made To Be Human
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Jan 2020
Cast Out Closed In Made To Be Human
You're born from a womb
but at the end you're entombed
between them you're groomed
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47
· Aug 2019
Resist The Repetition
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Aug 2019
Resist The Repetition
It's my sincere hope
that their brainwashing scheme won't
take hold of your mind
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47
· Aug 2019
Execution
Kelly McManus
Aug 2019
Execution
Buy your bomb futures
at the Chicago exchange
business is booming
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47
· Dec 2020
Bow & Kowtow
Kelly McManus
Dec 2020
Bow & Kowtow
Reruns that they play
to maintain your mental state
as loyal subjects
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47
· Aug 2019
Pup Quiz
Kelly McManus
Aug 2019
Pup Quiz
Dogs come together
what is it they like to smell
world could use less of
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47
· Mar 2020
Humanity
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Mar 2020
Humanity
One of these somedays
there'll be a change in your ways
of insanity
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47
· Aug 2019
Earn Your Burnt Wings
Kelly McManus
Aug 2019
Earn Your Burnt Wings
It's an evil force
that offers you more if you'll
simply go to war
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47
· Dec 2020
Demise Is Your Prize
Kelly McManus
Dec 2020
Demise Is Your Prize
Conquering logic
is what your history brings
destroy everything
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