Submissions by AnonymousBystander
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd Dec 2021 4:13pm
3rd Dec 2021 4:13pm
Imperfect Knowledge
After a dangerous bout of covid,
brushing as close to death as one should go,
sometimes I tell my story: how I did
and, how I'm doing. All they want to know
though, is my vaccine status: jabbed or not?
When I say not, and after a smug smirk
is wiped away, they ask if I have got
regrets, and point how that did not work.
I think of Lisa Shaw, and then explain
that a decision, must be judged against
the facts known at the time. Again
ignored by all and sundry, no defense
allowed (was this not taught at their college?)
Death and...
brushing as close to death as one should go,
sometimes I tell my story: how I did
and, how I'm doing. All they want to know
though, is my vaccine status: jabbed or not?
When I say not, and after a smug smirk
is wiped away, they ask if I have got
regrets, and point how that did not work.
I think of Lisa Shaw, and then explain
that a decision, must be judged against
the facts known at the time. Again
ignored by all and sundry, no defense
allowed (was this not taught at their college?)
Death and...
#sonnet
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
6th Aug 2021 11:27pm
6th Aug 2021 11:27pm
Sing A Song of Covid
Remember, remember,
crappy covid propaganda,
hysteria, deceipt and plot.
Imagine our surprise,
to learn the old and sick died,
the fear caused by a sneeze and cough?
We followed stupid rules,
that made Tom Parsons ecstatic,
and a tiny bit priapic!
It's taxing to believe,
we hoped unmasked, unjabbed adults
would go away and, slowly die.
But what I can't accept,
is that we sensitised the West,
to future flues erstwhile benign.
crappy covid propaganda,
hysteria, deceipt and plot.
Imagine our surprise,
to learn the old and sick died,
the fear caused by a sneeze and cough?
We followed stupid rules,
that made Tom Parsons ecstatic,
and a tiny bit priapic!
It's taxing to believe,
we hoped unmasked, unjabbed adults
would go away and, slowly die.
But what I can't accept,
is that we sensitised the West,
to future flues erstwhile benign.
#morality
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
10th Jun 2021 9:53pm
10th Jun 2021 9:53pm
The Meadowsweet
The meadow sweet grows near the lane,
cow parsley forms a bridal train.
Each flower's scent attracts a bee,
a simple walk is heavenly -
the summer time is here again.
In this mid season nothing's plain
it brings pleasures I can't explain;
the beauty of a plant, eg
the meadow sweet.
The image lingers in the brain,
the scent in the nasal membrane.
So, keep it in your memory,
the season can't forever be
and, as this beauty starts to wane
... the meadow sweet.
cow parsley forms a bridal train.
Each flower's scent attracts a bee,
a simple walk is heavenly -
the summer time is here again.
In this mid season nothing's plain
it brings pleasures I can't explain;
the beauty of a plant, eg
the meadow sweet.
The image lingers in the brain,
the scent in the nasal membrane.
So, keep it in your memory,
the season can't forever be
and, as this beauty starts to wane
... the meadow sweet.
#rhyming
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th Jun 2021 5:00pm
5th Jun 2021 5:00pm
The Man Who Murdered Milosevic
I thought about the man who had to look
after Milosevic. How hard
to care, while thinking of the lives he took.
Keeping him healthy just to disregard
the court. Watching the trial seem to slip
out of the hands of the prosecutor.
Prescribing drugs for him to have the zip
to change from the accused to tormentor.
Another drug to contraindicate,
to stop his heart, stop the trial, the lies
and pain. The justice of it would placate
his mind. -- Another butcher to despise,
a trial which found the guilt of Karadzic
but,...
after Milosevic. How hard
to care, while thinking of the lives he took.
Keeping him healthy just to disregard
the court. Watching the trial seem to slip
out of the hands of the prosecutor.
Prescribing drugs for him to have the zip
to change from the accused to tormentor.
Another drug to contraindicate,
to stop his heart, stop the trial, the lies
and pain. The justice of it would placate
his mind. -- Another butcher to despise,
a trial which found the guilt of Karadzic
but,...
#sonnet
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
20th May 2021 8:38pm
20th May 2021 8:38pm
A Modern Pardoner's Tale
Three fools from Blighty - Matt, Dimwitty,
and Boris - thought they could kill death.
Devising plans devoid of pity,
to give someone, one more last breath.
Perhaps a worthy undertaking,
apart from the stupid mistaking
of point for pointless. Thus, our knaves
embarked upon making us slaves.
As covid was waxing and waning,
they spread fear by a false measure
and, squandered the nation's treasure.
They shut the NHS, explaining:
your cruel, needless sacrifice
to give us kudos, may suffice.
and Boris - thought they could kill death.
Devising plans devoid of pity,
to give someone, one more last breath.
Perhaps a worthy undertaking,
apart from the stupid mistaking
of point for pointless. Thus, our knaves
embarked upon making us slaves.
As covid was waxing and waning,
they spread fear by a false measure
and, squandered the nation's treasure.
They shut the NHS, explaining:
your cruel, needless sacrifice
to give us kudos, may suffice.
#sonnet
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
22nd Apr 2021 10:00pm
22nd Apr 2021 10:00pm
Covid Denier
The witless retort
of the lazy and stupid:
covid denier.
of the lazy and stupid:
covid denier.
#senryu
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
16th Apr 2021 10:16pm
16th Apr 2021 10:16pm
A Baizuo Cancelled
the sweet justice
of the cruel injustice of
a baizuo cancelled
of the cruel injustice of
a baizuo cancelled
#senryu
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
28th Feb 2021 10:16am
28th Feb 2021 10:16am
We're All Skinner's Pigeons
a superstition
disguised as science, is still
a superstition
disguised as science, is still
a superstition
#senryu
440 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th Nov 2020 1:08pm
24th Nov 2020 1:08pm
Voiceless
A displaced person
only displaces the poor.
But they don't matter.
only displaces the poor.
But they don't matter.
#politics
#senryu
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
27th Sep 2020 6:03pm
27th Sep 2020 6:03pm
Energy Cost
How many turbines
have recoup'd the energy
used to construct them?
have recoup'd the energy
used to construct them?
#politics
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
13th Sep 2020 9:50pm
13th Sep 2020 9:50pm
(after The Jewel Stairs’ Grievance) My Year in the US Postal Service
My Year in the US Postal Service
Blah, blah, blah.
Note --- My, therefore narrator first and foremost. Year, therefore narrator has an out. US Postal Service, therefore a dead end job (in the narrator's eyes); therefore, common workers; therefore, too stupid to speak for themselves; therefore, the importance of the narrator the poet. Blah, therefore nothing to say. Blah, blah, blah, therefore the narrator's clever snotty comment means he doesn't realise he has nothing to say.
Blah, blah, blah.
Note --- My, therefore narrator first and foremost. Year, therefore narrator has an out. US Postal Service, therefore a dead end job (in the narrator's eyes); therefore, common workers; therefore, too stupid to speak for themselves; therefore, the importance of the narrator the poet. Blah, therefore nothing to say. Blah, blah, blah, therefore the narrator's clever snotty comment means he doesn't realise he has nothing to say.
#politics
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
26th Aug 2020 10:30pm
26th Aug 2020 10:30pm
Snopes
A fact checker said --
fact checking is outsourcing
critical thinking.
fact checking is outsourcing
critical thinking.
#senryu
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