Bureaucracy Poems - Poems about Bureaucracy

All decisions are made at a desk in another country. They pass through ‘in’ and ‘out’ trays, collecting signatures along the way. Then, one day, they become a concrete wall, where once a few tired weeds grew. Afghanistan, 2017 First published in Blue Minaret...

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She wanted to teach kids, so she went to R.S.U. Much of it indoctrination, she didn't know what to do She could walk out and forego her degree Or play along, hide her views, and be less free He put his boys in a school, that once was good But it didn't teach the basics it should They told his boys...

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Love grows deep within one's heart Let us all just come together instead of growing further apart We must not allow hatred to become the norm Let's send out waves of warmth and happiness to weather the storm If we all just work together we can make the world a better place We only have one choice to make for...

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Bureaucracy comes... But it never seems to go It brings along attached to it Endless tales of woe Copious piles of paperwork (Mostly useless forms) And calls that go unanswered Are typically the norm You quickly lose your rag But you know there's no escape What you need are giant scissors To cut through that red tape Petty, mindless officialdom Drives you up the wall - It's a bloody...

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Bureaucracy of Heaven David J Walker Lightfall dreams spill Illuminating waters on Everything except Excerpts of canvas lakes For which it is meant While bipartisan saints spill lyrics on Every letter mailed from every failed attempt of Redactions From the prayers of the faithful prayer sayers For which each candle is lit God Cannot do His job Without the bureaucracy...

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A monster now has been set free in this once land of liberty. This 'Frankenstein' divided us due to the Covid vaccine fuss. Glib leaders 'round the table sit- like at a tea party, commit ...

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In the end, it was the numbers that did us in.? They lined us up into military rows and assigned us all numbers? One after one after one after one after one….? How many, nobody knows.? You see, it’s a numbers game, it’s all the same You’re not to blame, you’re not your name, you’re your numbers.? Let me explain how...

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Democracy That Became a Bureaucracy What we first discovered was a democracy, That later became a blatant bureaucracy; Irritated; Saturated; Reason for had been blamed on hypocrisy. Jim Horn...

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Today I met a storm, and It washed away my muse, It left my mind dripping thoughts, In an ocean, to drown in blues My tender became too steep, Became the obedient moan, Became a ferocious lost “Yes” That slowly turned to stone. I’m now a parking violation, A brief interval in the way, I’m now a wonderfully weak dot From a pen to destroy each...

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Rules are not always rules in a democracy Governments can get wrapped up in bureaucracy A simple rule can get twisted One needs to be assisted Our brain goes bonkers with the silly hypocrisy...

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Bundle of rules elongating the short distance between a problem and its solution Unnecessary layers compulsorily placed on a mounted ladder with very few steps Road expectedly smooth and direct is created with uneven stones and many bends Every step is an independent process making the system tiring and liable to corruption Alternating procedures and changing routes heavily function...

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