Kelly McManus: Poems

71 · Jun 2021

That Someone Is You

Kelly McManus Jun 2021

That Someone Is You

You go through your life
hoping someone will save you
from the way you live

Kelly McManus

71 · Jul 2021

Same Game

Kelly McManus Jul 2021

Same Game

Can't you do better
than watch your gladiators
citizens of Rome

Kelly McManus

71 · Sep 2021

Ya Know

Kelly McManus Sep 2021

Ya Know

When they read the rules
and computers run the show
there'll be some changes

Kelly McManus

71 · Aug 2021

Think

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Think

It's not optional
we either do or we don't
don't we won't be here

Kelly McManus

71 · Aug 2019

No Bones About It

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

No Bones About It

My enemies act
so friendly that I want to
put a leash on them

Kelly McManus

71 · Jun 2021

Mental State

Kelly McManus Jun 2021

Mental State

Now my mind is free
after a lobotomy
won't need theories

Kelly McManus

71 · Nov 2019

Dwarfed

Kelly McManus Nov 2019

Dwarfed

The stars in the sky
will still be here by and by
but not you and I

Kelly McManus

71 · May 2021

The Crown Fools

Kelly McManus May 2021

The Crown Fools

A hierarchy
your allowing to exist
you like being less

Kelly McManus

70 · Sep 2021

Humor Or Less

Kelly McManus Sep 2021

Humor Or Less

This world's so messed up
nothing anyone can do
but laugh till you cry

Kelly McManus

70 · Jun 2019

Conform

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

Conform

The accepted norm
if you are expecting more
unacceptable
Kelly McManus

70 · Aug 2021

Watch The Picture Change

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Watch The Picture Change

Lengths that they will go
so as to maintain control
shows state of their soul

Kelly McManus

70 · Aug 2019

Complementary

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Complementary

Mind if they borrow
your life and then give it back
to you for a fee

Kelly McManus

70 · Feb 2020

Broadcast Reels You In

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Broadcast Reels You In

Your television
seducing your family
with state programing

Kelly McManus

70 · May 2021

Pessimists Prayer

Kelly McManus May 2021

Pessimists Prayer

Optimistically
hope you can save your soul from
government control

Kelly McManus

70 · Aug 2021

Moist

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Moist

So how is their dream
the one that your forced to live
still think it's your choice

Kelly McManus

70 · Sep 2020

Learn To Grow

Kelly McManus Sep 2020

Learn To Grow

Live like a miser
but at the end of your days
your fertiliser

Kelly McManus

70 · Nov 2021

Morose

Kelly McManus Nov 2021

Morose

World's a cadaver
just waiting to be embalmed
and buried so long...Kelly McManus

70 · Apr 2021

Shade Of A Tree

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Shade Of A Tree

Know why Buddha laughs
cause after all the wrong paths
what else can you do

Kelly McManus

70 · Jul 2021

Cranium Dee Dumb

Kelly McManus Jul 2021

Cranium Dee Dumb

Worthless as it seems
hoping beyond hope someday
human brains will change

Kelly McManus

70 · Feb 2020

Gotta Train Schedule

Kelly McManus Feb 2020

Gotta Train Schedule

Dont let them shoosh you
or let them try to tell you
just whos town this is

Kelly McManus

70 · Mar 2021

Past Tense Is No Defense

Kelly McManus Mar 2021

Past Tense Is No Defense

All their history
but the one thing I don't see
is a lasting peace

Kelly McManus

70 · Feb 2021

Follow Your Leader

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Follow Your Leader

Where are you going
well since you won't rule yourself
nowhere I suppose

Kelly McManus

70 · Jun 2019

It's Time To Leave The Room

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

It's Time To Leave The Room

Do you listen to
them giving their point of view
it's pointed at you
Kelly McManus

70 · Jul 2019

BOOM!

Kelly McManus Jul 2019

BOOM!

Yes we need more nukes
just to be sure their builders
don't survive as well

Kelly McManus

70 · Dec 2021

Just Tryin' To Help

Kelly McManus Dec 2021

Just Tryin' To Help

Don't need violence
mankind to destroy yourselves
just leave it to science...Kelly McManus

70 · Aug 2021

Life Goes On

Kelly McManus Aug 2021

Life Goes On

Where's the harmony
not harming anybody
live long everyone

Kelly McManus

70 · Jan 2020

Model Citizens

Kelly McManus Jan 2020

Model Citizens

Way people react
are straitjackets in fashion
in the world today

Kelly McManus

70 · Jun 2019

Established

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

Established

Being brainwashed by
status quo who intend to
sell you for their gold
Kelly McManus

70 · Oct 2021

Protocol

Kelly McManus Oct 2021

Protocol

It's an affliction
contradictory system
infecting us all

Kelly McManus

70 · Mar 2021

Will Crawl Out Of The Sea

Kelly McManus Mar 2021

Will Crawl Out Of The Sea

When mankind destroys
itself do you think maybe
that a four legged fish

Kelly McManus

70 · Oct 2021

Have A Nice Demise

Kelly McManus Oct 2021

Have A Nice Demise

They won't take the time
to become all of one mind
and advance mankind

Kelly McManus

70 · Apr 2021

Say No More

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Say No More

One day there will be
cameras on every corner
no more free country

Kelly McManus

70 · Jun 2021

Terrorists

Kelly McManus Jun 2021

Terrorists

Worlds super powers
holding us all for ransom
what are the chances

Kelly McManus

70 · May 2021

Operation Save The Nation

Kelly McManus May 2021

Operation Save The Nation

The system
needs to be lanced
and then
completely drained
until none
of the system
remains

Kelly McManus

70 · Sep 2021

See What You Think

Kelly McManus Sep 2021

See What You Think

So anesthetized
that the public eye just sees
subliminally

Kelly McManus

69 · Mar 16

Love I Am

Kelly McManus Mar 16

Love I Am

How to live your life

faith's the most important thing

without it your lost

69 · Nov 2019

Mankind

Kelly McManus Nov 2019

Mankind

Barbaric vicious
depraved lascivious and
yet so civilized

Kelly McManus

69 · Jun 2019

E = Say Goodnight

Kelly McManus Jun 2019

E = Say Goodnight

Time just doesn't exist
in someone's dream physicists
and when they wake up
Kelly McManus

69 · Jun 2021

Display Away

Kelly McManus Jun 2021

Display Away

Staring at your screen
hoping that it will fulfill
all your hopes and dreams

Kelly McManus

69 · Sep 2021

Ways And Means

Kelly McManus Sep 2021

Ways And Means

Their rules don't apply
at least not to them it's a
special addendum

Kelly McManus

69 · Nov 2021

Don't You See

Kelly McManus Nov 2021

Don't You See

By the time their done
and you let them everyone
nothing left no one...Kelly McManus

69 · Aug 2019

Interested

Kelly McManus Aug 2019

Interested

It costs less for them
to make it cost more for us
you can bank on it

Kelly McManus

69 · Feb 2021

Wrath

Kelly McManus Feb 2021

Wrath

I'm never alone
Gods always with me laughing
at our enemies

Kelly McManus

69 · Apr 2021

Something

Kelly McManus Apr 2021

Something

Another Haiku
written short and to the point
if only there was

Kelly McManus

69 · Jun 2021

Pack Your Pink Slips

Kelly McManus Jun 2021

Pack Your Pink Slips

To all you voters
nothings changed in centuries
clean out your desks please

Kelly McManus

69 · Mar 2021

Reflecting

Kelly McManus Mar 2021

Reflecting

It's academic
that the names have changed and yet
everything's the same

Kelly McManus

69 · Jul 2021

Don't Annoy The Dog Faced Boy

Kelly McManus Jul 2021

Don't Annoy The Dog Faced Boy

This worlds a freak show
that's just waiting to explode
sit in the front row

Kelly McManus

69 · Nov 2021

Cup Of Punch

Kelly McManus Nov 2021

Cup Of Punch

Your world governments
have formed a suicide pact
waiting to enact ..Kelly McManus

69 · Nov 2021

Malfunction

Kelly McManus Nov 2021

Malfunction

Worldwide lights flashing
showing mankind's true talent
for self destruction...Kelly McManus

69 · Dec 2021

No Turnaround

Kelly McManus Dec 2021

No Turnaround

Listening to fools
who are only leading you
down a dead end road...Kelly McManus