Beware the catch 22
You're damned if you don't, and damned if you do.
Take a drug so cancer won't restart
Side effects give you a congestive heart
Thin the blood so a stroke won't begin,
Internal bleeding and you just can't win.
I got a wolf by the ears
Can't bite me yet, but I'm shedding tears.
When I let go, he'll take a bite
I'm losing my grip, I'm turning white.
You're sorry for those single Mothers
Didn't have husbands, just "significant others"
So you subsidize them with taxpayer billions:
Now more on welfare, about six millions.
You need the cops to pursue a story, to prove you're not mad
But the story is extreme, so no investigation will be had.
Between a rock and a hard place, you're stuck in a bind
I don't blame you for going out of your mind.
You need experience to get a job, but there's a Catch22
Without a job, can't get experience, so what can you do?
Life writes riddles that are hard to circumvent
The path you thought was straight was crooked and bent.
Turn to the left and the trouble grows,
Turn to the right and the same wind blows.
So you laugh a little, though you really feel blue:
That's the strange world of Catch-22.
Darn
Dentist
Dreadful deed
Damned if you do
Dah! Damned if you don’t
Disturbing drill din daunts
Drat! Delectable doughnuts
Digging deep childhood cavities
Done! Drear disposition diminished
Displaying the dazzling disarming smile
pro phrases
to feel bad
pro at phrase
today and tomorrow
pro at phrase
year’s and year’s
pro phrase
damned if you do damned if you don’t
catch 22
pro phrases
Occam’s Razor
He has the knowledge
And you have the skill
To extract information
Before his comrades can killj
His silence may mean
Carnage’s scene
So does the end
Justify the means
His human rights
Against innocent life
Somebody’s child
Somebody’s wife
You have the dilemma
Of how you must act
The idealist the luxury
Of talk after the fact
Whatever you do
It all ends the same
One way or another
You get the blame
Damned if you do
Damned if you don’t
Damned if you will
Damned if you won’t
He has the knowledge
And you have the skill
To extract information
Before his comrades can kill
Life is full of Catch-22s. You can and you can’t; You shall and you shan’t; You will and you won’t;
"You will be damned if you do, and you will be damned if you don’t”
~American evangelist Lorenzo Dow
Without the battle of Armageddon
there’s no Kingdom of Heaven,
There’s no salvation
without the Crucifixion,
There’s no concept of good
without the presence of evil,
No light of day
without the darkness of night,
No yearning for Heaven
without the threat of Hell,
There’s no God
without the devil,
There’s no life
without death.
~02/06/22
~Contest: Buzzwords
~Sponsor: Kim Rodrigues.
Why? one might ask.
Dreams and desires, reflections and perfection...
Why not a single word of encouragement, or reflection, and perfection...
Dreams and desires, just only reflections of guilt and fear Why?
Every word unspoken unexpressed would- a, could -a , should -a drama...
Know reason or purpose no reason nor rhyme...
Why's and wherefores to be found...
Why
disposable wisdom unspoken, unexpressed, friendship, hope, love...
Why
damned if you do, damned if you don't ...
You hate with passionate dislike...
Why you ask, yourself for what reason or purpose...
Why
Deborah Vines 5/25/2019
There’s No Way To Win
By Elton Camp
Anything’s wrong in some folk’s eyes
Whatever you do, they will criticize
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t
For any action you take, they’ll taunt
Try to be friendly instead of curt
“He’s nothing but an old flirt.”
But if you should hold aloof,
Of snobbery, they see proof
With your spending be wise
“What a miser” is no surprise
But if you spend and never save
“How irresponsible, they’ll rave
Speak against practices gay
“Homophobia,” they’ll say
But others’ view tolerate
“An evil man,” they berate
To people like that, I’ll tell
“Why don’t you just go to hell”
knuckles crack
an tear the skin
anger builds
deep within
sadness bellows
i can not win
teeth grind
annoyances rises
prayers fail
now what do i do
head is racing
and i feel numb
payed to feel this way yet again
i know the sun will bring sorrow
so i cover my face
and try to drift away
but there is no free rides
every ones got a life to live
damned if you do
so i wont
found out all that has life
will one day forfeit it
for something even better
maybe another life
think i would kill myself
if i had to do it all over again
so i just drift on peacefully
with my thumb out trying to caught the next buzz
hopefully i will stay numb
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