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69 · Aug 2020
Bird On The Wing
Kelly McManus Aug 2020
*****'s and commies
and hardlining swammies
terrorists who'd like
to embalm me
nationalism is rising again
you look around
you don't have any friends
where's the daylight
in this dark night
what's the world coming to
I know it's not nice
not to be polite
but what am I going to do
escalation across the nation
discontentment blooms
on top of that
a plague keeps you trapped
can't even
leave your room
what can you do
what can you say
what will tomorrow bring
all we can do
is cry boo-hoo
and hope that they find
a vaccine

                  Kelly McManus
69 · Mar 2021
Reflecting
Kelly McManus Mar 2021
It's academic
that the names have changed and yet
everything's the same

                                     Kelly McManus
69 · Nov 2021
Don't You See
Kelly McManus Nov 2021
By the time their done
and you let them everyone
nothing left no one...Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Jul 2021
This worlds a freak show
that's just waiting to explode
sit in the front row

                      Kelly McManus
69 · Jul 2021
Moment Of Enlightenment
Kelly McManus Jul 2021
Expand your mind like
a mushroom cloud in the air
where dreams disappear

                      Kelly McManus
69 · Mar 16
Love I Am
Kelly McManus Mar 16
How to live your life

faith's the most important thing

without it your lost
69 · Nov 2021
Cup Of Punch
Kelly McManus Nov 2021
Your world governments
have formed a suicide pact
waiting to enact ..Kelly McManus
69 · Feb 2021
Like Clockwork
Kelly McManus Feb 2021
God's got a schedule
believe me it's not yours, but
it's always on time

                      Kelly McManus
69 · Jun 2021
Novelty
Kelly McManus Jun 2021
Now you've been profiled
every Dewey decimal
seems to point at you

                  Kelly McManus
69 · Jun 2021
Man's Epitaph
Kelly McManus Jun 2021
We all had to die
at the hands of childish minds
abuse of power

                          Kelly McManus
69 · Apr 2021
The Name Game
Kelly McManus Apr 2021
Teams they sent to me
invading my privacy
familiarity

           Kelly McManus
69 · Nov 2021
Malfunction
Kelly McManus Nov 2021
Worldwide lights flashing
showing mankind's true talent
for self destruction...Kelly McManus
69 · Aug 2019
Interested
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
It costs less for them
to make it cost more for us
you can bank on it

                                Kelly McManus
69 · Mar 2021
Trajectory
Kelly McManus Mar 2021
Safety in numbers
T minus ten and counting
the days you have left

                  Kelly McManus
68 · Jul 2021
Quotient
Kelly McManus Jul 2021
Intelligent life
well if only we could be
others might visit

              Kelly McManus
68 · Jan 2020
REM State
Kelly McManus Jan 2020
Serving the servants
is the dream they have for you
better wake up soon

                            Kelly McManus
68 · Dec 2019
Non Sequitur
Kelly McManus Dec 2019
What do you believe
only what you've been programed
the programming's flawed

                                    Kelly McManus
68 · Nov 2019
Guffaw
Kelly McManus Nov 2019
Evil always tries
to ruin happiness but
happiness just laughs

          Kelly McManus
68 · Oct 2021
We're Through
Kelly McManus Oct 2021
There's no reason why
mankind tries so hard to die
one more war should do

                     Kelly McManus
68 · Aug 2021
Dry
Kelly McManus Aug 2021
Dry
What is the system
a web that has captured you
so you can be drained

                      Kelly McManus
68 · Mar 2021
Dead Reckoning
Kelly McManus Mar 2021
I'll go to my grave
and the fools will still decide
war's a way of life

                       Kelly McManus
68 · Jun 2019
Brushing Up
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Sit on a sofa
to observe a work of art
paint it with your mind

                              Kelly McManus
68 · Aug 2019
Launch
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Can you stop progress
and where does it lead you to
the moon mars or doom

                                          Kelly McManus
68 · Jul 2021
Whenever
Kelly McManus Jul 2021
When will conflict end
when will brains begin to think
lowered into graves

                           Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus Nov 2020
World will never be
civilized lest it becomes
demilitarized

              Kelly McManus
68 · Sep 2021
Status No
Kelly McManus Sep 2021
What are our options
certainly not what they say
that's what got us here

                    Kelly McManus
68 · Oct 2019
Rover
Kelly McManus Oct 2019
Nature's had enough
she's put up with all your guff
so just move to mars

                  Kelly McManus
68 · Jun 2019
Cones
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Summertime again
kids on bicycles chasing
their jingling ice cream
                                       Kelly McManus
Kelly McManus May 2021
Here we go again
more ******* races
first to ruin Mars

             Kelly McManus
68 · Apr 2021
Into A New Look
Kelly McManus Apr 2021
Temporarily
my spirit wears this body
but one day I'll change

                Kelly McManus
68 · Aug 2019
Rubber Room Tomb
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Where can you go to
find sanity not in this
world apparently

                              Kelly McManus
68 · Jun 2019
Fair Wind
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Breath that fills the sails
all the nice words that you say
are in the airwaves
                                   Kelly McManus
68 · Jul 2021
Outta Sight
Kelly McManus Jul 2021
Goodbye government
been replaced with a worldwide
blockchain voting site

                             Kelly McManus
68 · Jun 2021
The Ceiling So Appealing
Kelly McManus Jun 2021
Things your striving for
are dreams that you should ignore
can't sleep wanting more

                                  Kelly McManus
68 · Jun 2019
Fill My Empty Eyes
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Yes, God has made his presence known in my life, from my childhood mysteries,
and wonderment, he was always omnipresent, both in my heart, and the world around me.
Even as I aged, he was always there, when I first really looked at girls, for the first time;
I couldn't believe, for so long, I had been so blind, to not see such beauty that was always there around
me, but now I see, a brand new world for me to explore, with new challenges, and amazements
galore. With the Lord there, whispering in my ear, just keep your faith, and love in your heart,
and know we will never be apart, and it's no mystery there's so much more in the world for
you to see, with a smile on his face he said, just follow me!

                                                                           Kelly McManus
68 · Mar 2021
Barbarism
Kelly McManus Mar 2021
How can you find peace
in a world whose only dream
remains conquering

                        Kelly McManus
68 · Jun 2019
Oblivious
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
A butterfly lands
on a fawns ear unaware
the deer just stands there

                            Kelly McManus
68 · Aug 2019
Fetch
Kelly McManus Aug 2019
Scratching at troubles
that just seem to double
day after day
but be a good pup
and keep your chin up
it will seem
like a dream
where you walk
in the park
take the leash off
and run and bark
on the lawn
until
all those troubles
are gone.

               Kelly McManus
68 · Nov 2020
Keep The Change
Kelly McManus Nov 2020
Monetarily
you people foolishly think
you can buy freedom

                   Kelly McManus
68 · Dec 2019
Lead Me Away
Kelly McManus Dec 2019
Every single day
they send temptation your way
I suggest you pray

                             Kelly McManus
68 · Jul 2019
Double Or Nothing
Kelly McManus Jul 2019
Infinity's not
enough time for me to get
to know you forever
                                    Kelly McManus
68 · Nov 2021
Crap-Shoot
Kelly McManus Nov 2021
United we stand
then why is there two parties
dividing us all...Kelly McManus
68 · Dec 2021
Kindling
Kelly McManus Dec 2021
See the power of God
in the bombs you make
also a glimpse of hell
in their fiery wake
your big mistake
is in using them
not for heavens sake
but your own selfish
ways and means
so at least in the end
you should know where
you and your friends
might spend eternity...Kelly McManus
68 · Jul 2021
Exact Change
Kelly McManus Jul 2021
Mankind could have been
one big happy family
without a price tag

                  Kelly McManus
68 · Jul 2019
Treatment
Kelly McManus Jul 2019
New starts can replace
a forest after a fire
given time to grow

                                Kelly McManus
68 · Apr 2021
Aw Shucks
Kelly McManus Apr 2021
Ban things that go bang
would it hurt country music
and make the hounds cry

                      Kelly McManus
68 · Sep 2021
Murky Milieu
Kelly McManus Sep 2021
Funny things don't change
even though the people do
remains a stagnant goo

                   Kelly McManus
68 · Oct 2024
If Only
Kelly McManus Oct 2024
One can only laugh
watching the world pass slowly
wishing if only
68 · Jun 2019
Focus
Kelly McManus Jun 2019
Put me on a slide
now i'm being analized
they look small to me
                                       Kelly McManus
68 · Aug 2021
On Soft Sand
Kelly McManus Aug 2021
I'm walking barefoot
with my socks in my pocket
my shoes in my hand

                     Kelly McManus
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