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Kelly McManus May 2021
Society is
institutional decay
just rotting away

    Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Jul 2021
Lacking in logic
void of any common sense
why our time is spent

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

              Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Jul 2019
How long's the lifeline
in the hands that carry guns
ask their unborn sons

                                      Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Feb 2022
Protecting yourselves
from yourselves that's irony
that costs everything...Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus May 2020
How much does it cost
civilized barbarians
to march to demise

                 Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Jun 2021
Writing about peace
to those who create disease
which is crazier

                    Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Aug 2021
Worlds forests in flames
water supplies going dry
what does that imply

               Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
We  need more funds for our infrastructure.
There are pockets, of our roads to extinction,
that need to be filled; or our society as a whole,
just won't function.
   We need to bridge the gap,
on weapons of mass destruction,
and construct,
more satellites to place up in space.
So, we can spy,
on the human race; cause,
you wouldn't want  to,
come in second place!
    Never fear, the corpse of engineers are here,
and will make everything, look like new, sure,
it might take a year or two, but they have nothing
better to do, and best of all
your kids will pick up the check,
so what the heck.
     The dream is clear,
when we reach the end of the road;
we'll find ourselves, in a virtual paradise,
of mushroom clouds, and silent sounds!

                                                        ­ Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
We the people are
part of the infrastructure
left in disrepair

                           Kelly McManus
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
Kelly McManus May 2021
All the pleasantries
being chopped down everyday
to build our caskets

                           Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Feb 2022
Hoarding bananas
in a world of chimpanzees
hors d'oeuvres pick some fleas...Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Apr 2021
Love's a butterfly
on a colorful flower
intricate beauty

      Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Jan 2020
Looked into the eyes
of creation saw the flaw
was imitation

                Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Jun 2021
End of everything
just a button push away
but you think your sane

              Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Sep 2023
The human races
tour of stupidity
a war on logic
Kelly McManus Dec 2020
Conquering logic
is what your history brings
destroy everything

                    Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Jul 2021
The whole human race
who you threaten with your wars
hell is your reward

                               Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus May 2020
Bird in a tree sings
butterfly wings fluttering
flash of light nothing

                    Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Dec 2022
You let fools rule you
and their philosophy is
death is worth the risk...Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Apr 2021
Bloodshed misery
they sure love their history
and want more of it

                   Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
I have gone beyond
all the programing meant to
subdue me from truth
                                       Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Apr 2021
Way things are going
who's gonna win in the end
just the Grim Reaper

                     Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Oct 2019
Uncivilized world
with restless natives running
around with their spears
                  
                      Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Aug 2020
Sell Sell Sell Sell Out
your fellow man you'll do well
their blood on your hands

                           Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
A puffy cloud with
a light rain seems to be all
I have on my brain

                                   Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Feb 2022
The weather's changing
whether you like it or not
storms are the new norm...Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Dec 2020
Just look around you
then it becomes plain to see
a system failure

             Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Jun 2020
Give your children games
with guns so when their time comes
they can shoot themselves

                                        Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Aug 2020
No it's not a swamp
compliments of the cesspool
they are leading you

                       Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Dec 2020
It's out with the old
and then it's in with the new
there's paperwork too

                      Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Aug 2021
If there was one word
you could use to describe life
that word would be rot

                       Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
So much in this world
we're forced to accept until
there is nothing left

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

                          Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Jul 2019
Time melted away
when you could be all alone
with your ice cream cone

                                           Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Jun 2021
Stuck on a world where
irrational behavior
seemingly favored

              Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Jan 2020
Edgy poetry
warnings that should be heeded
are simply ignored

                                Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus May 2021
What did they teach you
governments exploit people
and they're proud of it

                     Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
You might disagree,
with portions of my poetry,
that's OK with me.

                             Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Dec 2021
Blood of many lives
they paint a pretty picture
that fades in the light...Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Apr 2020
They choose to remain
primitive and violent
in nature so sad

               Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Aug 2021
It's the cost to them
weapons manufacturing
they can't afford Peace

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

               Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus May 2021
Pick forget me nots
and then place them on my grave
as I slowly rot

                               Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Apr 2021
They don't care about
humanity if they did
you wouldn't be doomed

                 Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Jun 2021
Staring at your screen
hoping that it will fulfill
all your hopes and dreams

                   Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Apr 2021
They ask for respect
while stockpiling certain death
indefensible

                           Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Jul 2019
The concrete jungle
the deeper you find yourself
the sooner your lost
                                     Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Mar 2020
World's contemplating
the price of hesitating
formulating plans

              Kelly McManus
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