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131 · Mar 2021
Lab Rats
Kelly McManus Mar 2021
Little schmucks in smocks
creating more ways to die
only question why

                   Kelly McManus
131 · Nov 2021
Bruised Aorta
Kelly McManus Nov 2021
No one  knows my heart
they never took enough time
while beating me down...Kelly McManus
130 · Sep 2020
No Ticky No Laundry
Kelly McManus Sep 2020
All aboard the train
railroading you to the end
of the line mankind

                  Kelly McManus
130 · Aug 2019
Waste My Breath
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
All of your knowledge
and power worthless compared
to life's preciousness

                                   Kelly McManus
130 · Sep 2019
Disintegrate
Kelly McManus Sep 2019
Because you let fools
rule you death has a finger
poised to press Kaboom

               Kelly McManus
130 · Aug 2019
Blunder And Frightening
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
You allow dark clouds
and at the end of their reign
you flow down the drain

                                         Kelly McManus
130 · Oct 2019
Flap
Kelly McManus Oct 2019
See all the winged things
singing as they fly away
happy in the sky

                 Kelly McManus
129 · Mar 2023
Bad Bad Babies
Kelly McManus Mar 2023
Many have implored
cut your umbilical cord
from feeding on greed...Kelly McManus
128 · Mar 2023
Mutations
Kelly McManus Mar 2023
There is no fresh air
nothing shines through the dark clouds
dissemination...Kelly McManus
128 · Mar 2021
Action!
Kelly McManus Mar 2021
And when the end comes
will the last line to be read
they led us to death

                  Kelly McManus
128 · Apr 2022
Divisions
Kelly McManus Apr 2022
Equal won't be found
with their rank and file systems
hypocrisy will...Kelly McManus
128 · May 2021
Bliss
Kelly McManus May 2021
Found you in the mist
of a distant memory
that exists in dreams

            Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Feb 2021
World of windup toys
where no one dares disagree
with all their experts

                       Kelly McManus
127 · Mar 2023
Unhung Hero
Kelly McManus Mar 2023
There is always hope
so take the rope from your neck
step off of the stool...Kelly McManus
127 · Aug 2019
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
127 · Nov 2021
Breath Deep
Kelly McManus Nov 2021
Find peace in your mind
there's no reason to worry
slow down don't hurry...Kelly McManus
126 · May 2024
T-Minus 30 Seconds
Kelly McManus May 2024
Go on check your watch
see the secondhand racing
to the final hour
126 · Aug 2019
Omelets
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
You put your trust with
people who build bombs where did
The Dodo go Here

                               Kelly McManus
126 · Dec 2019
Dream Of Freedom
Kelly McManus Dec 2019
Recognize their script
they read it to you daily
obey is its theme

               Kelly McManus
126 · Dec 2019
Spear Ritual
Kelly McManus Dec 2019
What will primitives
do with technology but
abuse the privilege

              Kelly McManus
126 · Jun 2021
It's Almost Half Time
Kelly McManus Jun 2021
It's our life or death
watching the pendulum swing
while we do nothing

                          Kelly McManus
126 · Nov 2021
A Dip
Kelly McManus Nov 2021
Misty ocean breeze
cooling off her suntan skin
time to take a swim...Kelly McManus
125 · Jun 2019
Mirages
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Sorry kids can't,
jive with no can, crat, or ism
just human wisdom.

                               Kelly McManus
124 · Aug 2024
Ruffled Feathers
Kelly McManus Aug 2024
If only the dream
could become reality
then we would have wings
124 · Nov 2019
Sign Here, Here, and Here
Kelly McManus Nov 2019
Sue the world's nations
in a class action suit based
on endangerment

                   Kelly McManus
124 · Jun 2019
Chum
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Why do the fish glow
and the counter read so high
man and his wisdom
                                     Kelly McManus
124 · Apr 2021
Saturation
Kelly McManus Apr 2021
Watch the ocean waves
splashing onto the sand while
breathing in salt air

                         Kelly McManus
124 · Aug 2019
Aromatic
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
To a rivers edge
stagers a bear stops to smell
the air and then smiles              

                                   Kelly McManus
123 · Apr 2021
Dionaea Muscipula
Kelly McManus Apr 2021
A Venus fly trap
catching its lunch not as sweet
as a marshmallow

                          Kelly McManus
123 · Nov 2024
Field Of Screams
Kelly McManus Nov 2024
Watching the worms squirm
on the road of no return
last stop compost pile
123 · Sep 2021
Temper Temper
Kelly McManus Sep 2021
They're not taking us
any place that you'd call good
ends with a bad mood

                        Kelly McManus
123 · Mar 2023
This Crap's Distilled
Kelly McManus Mar 2023
Preliminary
on a need to know basis
If we don't they will...Kelly McManus
123 · Jun 2019
Defibrillator
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Come on baby,

do some open heart surgery on me.

Put back together my broken heart

that you ripped out of my chest, and tore apart,

stamped on in your stilettos,

and kicked into the gutter, while muttering,

I love you.

  Before you grab your scalpel,

to make your first cut,

clip some forceps to my lips,

so I can't whine like a pup.

No anesthesia to ease my pain;

you prefer to watch me lay here,

and go insane.

   After your done tinkering with my insides,

do some sloppy suturing, so my wound won't

heal very nice, leaving  chance of infection,

to arise; since your surgical instruments;

weren't sterilized.

   Giving me a small chance to survive,

tho operation, but if I do,

you'll give me  your third degree in psychology;

for a nominal fee, naturally!

                                                          Kelly McManus
123 · Mar 2021
A Dose
Kelly McManus Mar 2021
Irradiation
what the world really needs
cure stupidity

                     Kelly McManus
123 · Jun 2019
An Angry Crowd
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Just so depressing!
Can't he write, anything,
nice about our vices?

Kelly McManus
123 · Dec 2019
Before Today's Tomorrow
Kelly McManus Dec 2019
Futures biggest threat
is the presents refusal
to learn from its past

            Kelly McManus
123 · Jun 2024
Omissions
Kelly McManus Jun 2024
I have memories
of the often forgotten
dreams that I wake from
123 · Dec 2020
A Different Drummer
Kelly McManus Dec 2020
Military free
until the world can say that
nothing been achieved

                     Kelly McManus
122 · Nov 2019
Care For A Slice
Kelly McManus Nov 2019
World keeps eating cake
instead of cutting to the
chase bon appetit

                Kelly McManus
121 · Nov 2019
Varmint
Kelly McManus Nov 2019
An acorn hit me
so I turned around to see
a squirrel laughing

                 Kelly McManus
121 · Nov 2021
On And On And On
Kelly McManus Nov 2021
Mankind you've had time
to use brains instead of brawn
but soon you'll be gone...Kelly McManus
121 · Feb 2023
Hum For Me
Kelly McManus Feb 2023
Nectar in the plants
little wings that flap so fast
hovering to feed...Kelly McManus
121 · Dec 2021
Askew
Kelly McManus Dec 2021
Wouldn't it  be nice
to live a truly free life
in a perfect world...Kelly McManus
121 · Aug 2021
Fragrantly Blossoming
Kelly McManus Aug 2021
Flower in a vase
spreading pastel pedals while
perfuming the air

                        Kelly McManus
121 · Jun 2019
Bone China
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
A pretty little plate of pancakes stacked so high
slice up some butter and put on their top sides
put some strawberries and blueberries in some
syrup and stir it then spoon it between
those light and fluffy cakes lace it
with some whipping cream pinch me
am I dreaming don't forget to say grace
then just sit down and stuff your face
with a pretty little plate of pancakes
                                                              Kelly McManus
121 · Oct 2021
Caveat Emptor
Kelly McManus Oct 2021
Better watch out space
cause here comes the human race
to claim that your theirs

                               Kelly McManus
121 · Feb 2021
Are You Taking Your Meds
Kelly McManus Feb 2021
People don't listen
allowing suicidal
decisions be made

    Kelly McManus
121 · Nov 2019
Wishless
Kelly McManus Nov 2019
Empty your pockets
fish the pennies from the well
don't buy what they sell

                         Kelly McManus
120 · Apr 2020
Ask The Director
Kelly McManus Apr 2020
What will be their fate
with state controlled media
children imitate

                      Kelly McManus
120 · Jun 2019
Everything or nothing
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Lost in the translation,
I don't speak the language,
of such barbaric tribes,
who, deem it OK, too sacrifice,
so many precious lives.
God only Knows why I was born!
In such a primitive time.
Where false ideologies,
outweigh any decency.
What more can one expect;
In a world run by highwaymen
I might lose friends, yes indeed!
But what sort of friends,
would simply agree,
that the way things are,
is the way things should be.
I pray for the world,
to find its way to the light,
for only a miracle, could lead it out,
of this dark night.
Unfortunately poetry,
has failed miserably,
to stop the brutality;
and yes, though it pains me to say,
passive resistance is the only way,
for fighting fire with fire,
you'll surely get burned!
Lone voice in the wilderness,
perhaps, SHOUTING PEACE,
yes all large caps.
Everything or nothing,
you decide;
enough of us can turn the tide!
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