Best Doublespeak Poems
Prowling predator in a starless night.
No one knew when it began.
Have we forgotten all the lies about Vietnam,
the predatory newspeak from Pentagon deception?
Prowling predator in a starless night.
Do we recall a lying president dispensing
cocaine jingoism, driving the war in Iraq,
codifying the surveillance state
complete with GITMO torture?
Prowling predator in a starless night.
While all the eternal secret wars are waged,
no one sees how our language is infiltrated,
no one knows the infection of our tongue.
Overseas drones just cause “collateral damage.”
Everyone is suspect, a “person of interest.”
Prowling predator in a starless night.
No one gets laid off when corporations merely “downsize.”
Cutting vital services won’t matter with “government austerity.”
The “minimum wage” is a living wage while you starve on it.
Mass incarceration isn’t a problem in “correction facilities.”
Immigrant children are not caged in concentration camps.
Cages are not so cruel in “detention centers.”
Prowling predator in a starless night.
Devolving American imperialism reached its crescendo
with its devolving dystopian democracy
giving birth to the criminal president,
the nihilistic tyrant
rubbing salt in our wounds.
Published: Dissident Voice September 19th, 2021
Daniel Donald Doublespeak
Was a nasty sort of bloke
Streams of contradictory things
Came out as Daniel spoke!
From out of one side of his mouth
He'd shower you with praise
Telling folks how wonderful you are
And how he's so amazed!
The other side was opposite
Spread rumours about your past
Lying bout the things you did
An evil unsurpassed!
Hurt that's caused by doublespeak
Can never be repaired
Once those hurtful words are said
They float out on the air!
So don't you be a doublespeak
Be kind to everyone
You never know what evil lurks
When two mouths speak from one!
© Jack Ellison 2012
Michael Donald Doublespeak
Was a nasty sort of bloke
Streams of contradictory things
Came out as Michael spoke!
From out of one side of his mouth
He'd shower you with praise
Telling folks how wonderful you are
And how he's so amazed!
The other side was opposite
Spread rumours about your past
Lying bout the things you did
An evil unsurpassed!
Hurt that's caused by doublespeak
Can never be repaired
Once those hurtful words are said
They float out on the air!
So don't you be a doublespeak
Be kind to everyone
You never know what evil lurks
When two mouths speak from one!
© Jack Ellison 2014
A life of doublespeak,
Means I think you're weak,
Never mind, (you're a dipstick),
Means,"I don't give a blip,"
Blip happens,
Means, "You're crapping,"
Do stop moaning,
And all your groaning,
Dull contemplation
of ex manipulation,
Yes, doublespeak,
Means I think you're weak,
'Have a good day', so long,
Who carries why the ex carries on?
Michael Donald Doublespeak
Was a nasty sort of bloke
Streams of contradictory things
Came out as Michael spoke!
From out of one side of his mouth
He'd shower you with praise
Telling folks how wonderful you are
And how he's so amazed!
The other side was opposite
Spread rumours about your past
Lying bout the things you did
An evil unsurpassed!
Hurt that's caused by doublespeak
Can never be repaired
Once those hurtful words are said
They float out on the air!
So don't you be a doublespeak
Be kind to everyone
You never know what evil lurks
When two mouths speak from one!