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Keith W Fletcher May 2023
We reach a Time...

...completely out of line

with all abrogated
apperations

When  balderdash and trumpisms have besmirched

all wizened mens expectations

while things that slither

from this point hither

will fail all erstwhile expectations
endeavors

when camps emerge from campaigns

tribal manifestations not withstanding that

Sluggabeds and dunderheads

be accepted simply due a similarity of feathers

needed in order to feed a ravenous hunger

for Progressive inspirations

to self indict while knowing our guilt,

due this fractious platform built

that we may swell the ranks

even if ...like a raging river

spilling out
while ravaging all as it flows

uncontrolled
beyond its
banks

just how low might we need to go

to preserve our Dream our country

from those intent on slash and burn

if they cannot achieve their audacious goals

to achieve advantage by non- advantageous controls

at the cost of planet... country ...state or individuals in a common group

by taking hold of one end

of this metaphysical rope

in the tug of war driven by every hope

for equal factions at the very least

we need to succeed oh yes indeed

for this will be no carefree romp

like some gathering of people

for a picnic in the park
the games they play-

horseshoes- hide and seek- not when this rope called hope

stretches out and  over..
....the deepest darkest swamp

it's sad to say

Just how far we may ....

...need to go-

how much we will bend to defend

or how much we may need to stoop
in our attempt to save us all

accepting those we already know
.... to be nothing more... than a freaking nincompoop.
Keith W Fletcher Aug 2022
You once had some free time
so you threw it away
don't need another second when the blue skies
are turning to Gray

the crystal ball said it would be all right
all your old friends are doing fine
no need to worry ,
about anyone you can go to sleep
when your day is done
without a worry without a care
without a bit of wisdom
that you can share
just wear your blinders
and they'll keep out the light
to live in total darkness
will be all right

it's not as easy as it may seem to turn a nightmare
into a dream you could do it if you had some help
at least that's what you keep telling yourself while sitting on that rainbow colored mushroom
and talking to that orwellian elf
nobody has any reason these days
to catch the pieces of the old realities
so they seek out new ones
in their Stead and keep them in boxes
underneath their bed

someday when it rains
or who knows maybe when it snows
you'll have some time
to pull  it
and maybe see what life was all about
that is if you have any extra time
in order to check it out

check it out check it out

check out
how often
you always have time

to give a **** or give a thought
or a kind deed

kindness
never costs you much
but it can buy a lot

you may realize that truth someday
when the box beneath your  bed is empty .
..gone away what'you find
is there instead
are page of
the daily news
to keep you warm
to keep you dry
and to be your bed

sleep on the sidewalk

sleep out in the cold
thats where  you'll  find ...plenty of spare time
to try turning
that  nightmare into a dream like the one
that you were once sold
even though
its getting old'
its getting old
it's getting old
just like sleeping out
in the cold
watching  as time keeps passing by
it's getting old its getting so old.....and so am I.
Keith W Fletcher Jul 2022
strange is the range
of the moral high ground
when taken then forsaken
without a momentary pause
Often explained as simply
because
as if treason needs no reason
to be anything beyond embraced
while evoking
stoking
THE fires
of history
erased  
as if...
unseen  would mean never existed
When truth of facts
are subjected to constant attacks
they may appear ...
to disappear
like the boundaries
of a moral high ground
So... to wipe clean
leaving around you
all that is seen
whitewashed
and pristine
as a snow-covered valley
surrounding a
large and beautiful lake
where you are
walking along
on this fantasy ...this table flat plane
no footprints
seem to be
left in your wake
if this becomes the moral highground
you choose to take
I wonder what  will be the cost
when you realize that you're lost
or when
in that emersed silence
will you wish you could reverse time
take it all back
once you hear  the sound....of the ice ......go CRAAAAK!?
Keith W Fletcher Jun 2022
There was a  time
a few hundred years ago when there was a  story
that most people don't know about the time of Shakespeare
and the theater in the round how they found a way
to make more money
than what was legally bound by means of a childs game tmusical chairs of sorts  
before the game existed
all for profit
all for the people
I'm sure they insisted
no it was not for the people it was a calculated game
of how to blame
others
for failing to receive
their rightful due  
and that's why
the shysters of the day
would sell rich people
one seat
one comfortable place
to watch the show
without any problem
and the poor people
in the cheap seats
they would sell
hundreds more
than were available
why .....?
...why of course its the game of musical chairs
so to speak t
They realized there would be fights  breaking out
with yells and screams
and horrid shouts
that would bring the cops
The  order takers
Order  keepers
to all those fighting
dragging those on the ground away
and then it would be
seats  for all
and more profit
for the ones who did
the deed
of selling the seats  
in planting the seeds
of discontent.
Today there are politician
who choose
to play this game
just the same
as then
as they seek
to overcrowd the poor
  not with cheap seats
but the places
in whicht we live
the inner cities
All iin the same Hope
that the show is for the rich
and the rich will enjoy
all thats there
Prosperity
enough ...hopefully
to pass out the tips
The Leftovers
the bestowed
no one's going to listen
to the poor
the disenchanted
he angry ones
who paid dearly for nothing who got everything
they deserved
according to the ones
who served
those who they believed were worthy people
were the ones ...
....who had power
the  ones who could help them
never realizeing
that they too
were sitting in the cheap seats
you  do ...you get what you pay for
and  you will  pay what you got.
Adam was just dust until he was formed and only by the Breath of life did he become a living soul.
Keith W Fletcher May 2022
sometimes I wish I knew
how hard life is for you
but all I can ever do....
is try and imagine.

Not knowing where you've been
or the how or why you came to be in...

leaves me to wonder
when
did itall begin to spin
out of control

I can't live in your skin
or see life the way you do
but I can honestly assure you that  it's easy to see
that the smile you share doesn't come anywhere near
to hiding the pain...
I see in your eyes

.Yet each and everyday
I see you out here
and I say
how you doing?, then as I pass on by
I always ask myself why
I keep asking that..   when it's obvious that I know
That
the answer is " not good "

its just how you lift your face , straighten your back
, give me that smile
without a trace of bitterness
to be heard...
  in each simple word
That so graciously you  return,
" Doin fine and thank you for asking "

AND....... Thats why
I always stay my course,,
nodding and smiling
as I pass on by,
for each and every time
I start to cry
.Not sure why
but its what I do

But it's not because
I feel sorry for you
that my tears start to  flow
NO!
Although it could be true
That  I may feel sorry for you

But the tears are for me
Because...you see

  I feel sorry for myself
Because I haven't a clue
how hard life must be for you.

... and I cry for me myself ... because
Truly.....
.....I can"t even imagine.. .
Keith W Fletcher Mar 2022
I said " hey there, where you goin?
He replied " nowhere."
I chuckled " really..."then I smiled..."and where is that?"
" Everywhere !"
was his reply ...
...and then  
my smile ran away .
Keith W Fletcher Mar 2022
someday
I will lay down
forever
but till then
I will endeavor ...to be whatever I can be

yes it's me
who will sing songs
of Glory
I will paint
pictures
of stories

I will write words
that
bring people together
and I... will
act out scenes
that will forever
be
in
your dreams

because I am
everything
that you are

and I am more
than you
ever believed
that
you could be
because
I
am
only
a thought
passing by

so  you
must
realize
that no one
is not
who you are

you are someone
worth
getting to know

you are something
that is indescribable
you are the dew
covered
new rose
on a beautful
summer morn

you are
the magical sound
of a baby's first cry
after
being born

you will never fade
from
every impression
you've ever made
because you...
you ...my
beautiful
morning dove

are ....love !
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