Kelly McManus: Poems

105 · Oct 2020

Cast Off

Kelly McManus Oct 2020

Cast Off

Check your graphs and charts
and see where this ship's sailing
with its rigged system

Kelly McManus

104 · Aug 2021

All The Pleasant Peasants

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

All The Pleasant Peasants

Who started this mess
did they wear a shiny cap
decree genuflect

Kelly McManus

104 · Jun 2021

Ever Unpresent Danger

Kelly McManus Jun 2021

Ever Unpresent Danger

Long after they're gone
is their global warming plan
say goodbye to land

Kelly McManus

104 · Mar 2023

Human Race In Outer Space

Kelly McManus Mar 2023

Human Race In Outer Space

Science fiction books
visualizing futures
presently unseen...Kelly McManus

104 · Jul 2019

Creative Financing

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Creative Financing

If all that money
was just used to heal not hurt
you'd shovel less dirt
Kelly McManus

104 · Mar 2023

Any Questions?

Kelly McManus Mar 2023

Any Questions?

What do they teach you
how to die with a degree
of uncertainty...Kelly McManus

104 · Aug 2021

Flipping Out

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Flipping Out

Pocket full of change
playing in life's pinball game
trying not to tilt

Kelly McManus

104 · Sep 2021

Blanketed

Kelly McManus Sep 2021

Blanketed

Cryogenically
frozen but my mind still writes
these poems day and night

Kelly McManus

104 · Oct 2021

Molding Your Future

Kelly McManus Oct 2021

Molding Your Future

The world is rotting
decaying every day
it's a way of life

Kelly McManus

104 · Jun 2021

All The Time

Kelly McManus Jun 2021

All The Time

The world differences
aren't so different after all
all is all we want

Kelly McManus

104 · Nov 2021

Bow And Plow

Kelly McManus Nov 2021

Bow And Plow

They say to trust them
so long people have been skewed
to be peasantry...Kelly McManus

104 · Apr 2021

Depicting

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Depicting

Bloodshed misery
they sure love their history
and want more of it

Kelly McManus

104 · Nov 2021

Laughing Emphatically

Kelly McManus Nov 2021

Laughing Emphatically

With the worldwide states
suicidal tendencies
oh the irony...Kelly McManus

104 · May 2022

Therapeutic Duty

Kelly McManus May 2022

Therapeutic Duty

Kee your sanity
while controlled by psychopaths
sharpening axes...Kelly McManus

104 · Dec 2021

Your Such A Good Dog Aren't You

Kelly McManus Dec 2021

Your Such A Good Dog Aren't You

State run media
what are they trying to say
just give and obey...Kelly McManus

103 · May 2021

Lamb Chops

Kelly McManus May 2021

Lamb Chops

I see all the sheep
getting in line to be sheared
by all the cutbacks

Kelly McManus

103 · Sep 2021

Anals Of History

Kelly McManus Sep 2021

Anals Of History

Only stupid fools
make excuses to stockpile
nuclear weapons

Kelly McManus

103 · Aug 2021

Give To Your Local Sieve

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Give To Your Local Sieve

Till there's no more war
propaganda's on demand
draw lines in the sand

Kelly McManus

103 · Nov 2019

Strings Attached

Kelly McManus Nov 2019

Strings Attached

Just loosen the straps
tied to my back i'll wriggle
out of this jacket

Kelly McManus

103 · Nov 2019

Spin The Spoon

Kelly McManus Nov 2019

Spin The Spoon

While your coffee drips
your mind takes a trip stirring
creamy images

Kelly McManus

103 · Mar 16

The Plot Thickens

Kelly McManus Mar 16

The Plot Thickens

Human history
only resembles one thing
a funeral procession

103 · Jan 2021

Chain Link

Kelly McManus Jan 2021

Chain Link

You should be afraid
of the way they're enslaving
monetarily

Kelly McManus

103 · Jul 2020

0+0 / 0-0 / 0x0 / 0÷0 / all = 0

Kelly McManus Jul 2020

0+0 / 0-0 / 0x0 / 0÷0 / all = 0

Common sense won't work
when the creatures are having
a feeding frenzy

Kelly McManus

103 · Feb 2022

Cost Of Stupidity

Kelly McManus Feb 2022

Cost Of Stupidity

Wind is in the trees
ocean waves are on the beach
and freedom is free...Kelly McManus

103 · Mar 2022

A Need To Know Basis

Kelly McManus Mar 2022

A Need To Know Basis

The ten commandments
if they don't abide by them
guess who their lord is...Kelly McManus

103 · Oct 2021

For Heavens Sake

Kelly McManus Oct 2021

For Heavens Sake

Think prayers will save you
from the mistakes that they make
better pray harder

Kelly McManus

103 · Nov 2021

Single File

Kelly McManus Nov 2021

Single File

Do what you were taught
get in line and shut up
with luck you'll survive...Kelly McManus

103 · Sep 2021

Vanishing Point

Kelly McManus Sep 2021

Vanishing Point

Evil rules the world
that's why people live in fear
of disappearing

Kelly McManus

103 · Dec 2021

Out In The Garden

Kelly McManus Dec 2021

Out In The Garden

Weren't made to obey
if we were we still would be
Living in Eden...Kelly McManus

102 · Mar 2023

Unspoken Unheard

Kelly McManus Mar 2023

Unspoken Unheard

Their repetition
broadcasted as a service
to the deaf and mute...Kelly McManus

102 · Apr 2024

Censored

Kelly McManus Apr 2024

Censored

I who was programmed
still being implemented
to this very day

102 · Aug 2019

Wait

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Wait

Today's not so great
tomorrow's up for debate
just gotta have faith

Kelly McManus

102 · Aug 2023

Mutated

Kelly McManus Aug 2023

Mutated

Survived the last plague
but they're still making new strains
zombies scream fresh brains

102 · Feb 2024

Don't Play With Matches

Kelly McManus Feb 2024

Don't Play With Matches

In the darkest clouds
where radiation rains down
on all the wastelands

102 · Feb 2022

Kinked

Kelly McManus Feb 2022

Kinked

How can you be free
links in a chain of command
run far as you can...Kelly McManus

102 · Jan 6

Ought To Be A Lobotomy

Kelly McManus Jan 6

Ought To Be A Lobotomy

They must be insane
continuing to build bombs
until we're all gone

102 · Dec 2019

Arrivederci

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

Arrivederci

Whatever language
you choose climate won't change so
goodbye amigo

Kelly McManus

102 · May 2021

Weaponize My Eye

Kelly McManus May 2021

Weaponize My Eye

When germs are released
from what you call your own lab
time to wave a flag

Kelly McManus

102 · Nov 2021

Epitome

Kelly McManus Nov 2021

Epitome

Love is what I yearn
you're the epitome of
what Love means too me...Kelly McManus

102 · Jun 2024

RUN !

Kelly McManus Jun 2024

RUN !

As the earth trembles
temperatures increasing
isn't that wave high ?

101 · Jul 2023

Sad The Chance That You Had

Kelly McManus Jul 2023

Sad The Chance That You Had

There are other worlds
where pettiness doesn't lead
to their destruction...Kelly McManus

101 · Dec 2021

Kumbaya

Kelly McManus Dec 2021

Kumbaya

To say they have more
than everyone else on earth
that's what death is worth...Kelly McManus

101 · May 2021

So Little Costs So Much

Kelly McManus May 2021

So Little Costs So Much

When you really think
what was the end of us all
desire dirt and gold

Kelly McManus

101 · Jul 2019

Monolith

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

Monolith

Politicians want
statues no better gift for
a bunch of chislers

Kelly McManus

101 · Dec 2021

A Parade Of Graves

Kelly McManus Dec 2021

A Parade Of Graves

I'm sure they'll be proud
when their wars ****** us all
patriotically...Kelly McManus

101 · Dec 2019

And They're Off

Kelly McManus Dec 2019

And They're Off

Looks like in the race
oblivion's in the lead
unless wisdom wins

Kelly McManus

101 · Jun 2019

Attachments

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

Attachments

The trail of a slug,
reminds me, I should stick with,
the ones that I love.

Kelly McManus

101 · Aug 2021

Get The Point

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Get The Point

While plunging your knife
precisely into my back
know that I love you

Kelly McManus

101 · Aug 2021

Mushrooming

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Mushrooming

Radioactive
clouds are forming in the sky
the insane reigning

Kelly McManus

101 · Jun 2019

Wave Goodbye

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

Wave Goodbye

All of those painted rags;
dividing everyone from,
just being human beings

Kelly McManus