The above organisation...Has a human story, one of way too many, hence they seek not
For glory.' Yet to overturn some statutory i'lls, kill laws that label; and denigrate living
Such gives me pause..And throws a chill'
Also a distorted lighting, of life stages eniugh to fill, me with the will.' To add my voice to Cindy, Taylor Jenkins mother who was robbed of her daughter by dry banal indifferent
legalitys, that by now; too many personalitys have smothered.' You might wish to join us from wherever is your
world.? Help raise a wave to sink deaths
Legal vessel that serves no good, may your
Voices loudly be heard.'
LOVE DERAILED
Whose unscathed heart has dared to love,
for to love is to feel the pain.
Is it true love that hurts not the heart,
or just two passing trains?
In the best of times, dinner and wine,
when love feels like it shoud.
Dither and doubt linger about.
That dirt makes it hurt so good.
Love isn't fair, tis all but a dare,
arrogant, selfish, obtuse.
The winners gloat only in the grave
losers go back to the caboose.
Old lines and hard times denigrate the steel
making the cars woble and sway.
Even riding the smoothest rail,
clickety clack clickety clack, all day.
Left at the station, the end of the line,
Infatuation's purple heart.
The grotesque beauty of attraction
tis the angst of most great art.
When pain's embraced you've lost the race,
there is nothing left to see.
Bought and paid for, gelded and roped
like voluntary slavery.
If on romance you've take the chance,
I wish you the very best.
End of the line of the honeymoon train
It's all down hill for the rest.
To exersize without using your body.' To over eat. And not gain weight, to introduce
An illness to humanity, yet not yourself getting any consequense.' To interfere with
Created seeds, and expect no problems
To feed meat products to herbivore cattle
And not create a sickness.' To teach low quality lessons in school, yet expect outstanding results, to glorify violence and
Expect safety.' To export your wealth yet
Expect a resilient economy, to denigrate and remove the experienced people, yet not expect extreme financial difficultiys.'
The lying newspapers
To vote in Britain is a strange affair
since it is class-based, every class only read
what is of their interest,
doing the best to denigrate the enemies party leaders
but since the owners of newspapers are usually
right-wing the conservative party often wins.
There is an exception the Guardian can at time
the sound left-wing, but then they get cold feet and join
the shrieking of the right.
The popular press also called the gutter press destroy
peoples reputation, say “Corburn” an excellent politician
belonging to the left of the labour party.
What is scary is that working/class readers get influenced
by the constant lies and vote for a party
that is no good for them and the country.
This comes down to lack of education not being able
to read between the line and think independently.
To my face you are kindness itself:
cheerful, always upbeat,
but in your anonymous blog
you rip me apart.
You press your thumb and forefinger on each side,
hold, pull and rend,
and rupture my very innards.
You focus on me,
my life, my words, my actions and my body
like you are a Celestron Telescope
searching for every single crater and irregularity.
With an Ultima Barlow lens
and your Leica M9 18MP
You grab each natural image
and then rearrange reality with
your precious, perversely persuasive, periscopic Photoshop technique.
poetic liberty has leased you a license to assassinate,
humiliate,
decimate,
invalidate,
severely lambaste,
and mockingly castrate
everything that I identify as me.
literary freedom allows you to liberally fabricate,
mutilate,
denigrate,
incriminate,
scathingly castigate,
and maliciously urinate
on what others think of me.
To my face you are kind beyond selflessness,
but on your online beat,
your anonymous malevolence
sets you apart
from all the others
that have ever wanted
to write me up,
put me down,
and publish me out.
— Zumwalt (2011) (used by permission from zumpoems.com)
Hate is on the screen and page, satan is seething in righteous inversion at this
This stage; of our age.' In paroxyms with contortiions Another abomination he parades, will you bow down to the
Statu-te? By now no doubt its been printed and lauded in
'The Age?' Who devoid of empathy.' Could have envisaged
This sad day? my heart is crying, my mind reels; and my eyes are sore, at this 'evil in disguise' this is an attack on human expression' on the right to err, and learn' it will take
Lattitude from our children.' By this no respect is ever to be earned, may its instigators face correction at the very hand of
Fate! for they are supping from a cauldron with the content
Denial and denigrate' where will children find the
Lattitude? Where can love dialate? Not in this airless tomb
I offer.' Its the lowest of dis-service to the state.' For the truth
There now is perjury.? And free expression made a lie.' Art
Is dead for the soul has fled ' this is not the way to true freedom.' It is just more gilded lies.!
Today I pray for the workers in health the doctors and
Nurses, those who were placed on the shelf.' Masked
As (unclean they still worked on) avoiding mandates
To accept the new potion.? They stood strong.! And now
They are back to a bigger workload..May Jesus be with
Them on this hard road, as they support all the others as
Sickness it seems grows.? (They are safe and effective)
And steady as it goes,. They never denigrate others! those who
Went through, with the flawed interventions.' Lockdowns
And other such ado, they are standing most steadfast though things
Look now quite tough.? Indeed all of innocent health workers
No matter their case
I pray.' Will be lifted and protected, this in Jesus I request today!
l ron hubbard, aimed amiss at Coronado islands.soon captain no longer, relieved of command' Also Husband E Kimmel
For Pearl. Had to carry the can! From fiasco to disaster.'
Either didn't really plan' one trained 'guns willy nilly'
The other got caught' with terrible life tolls' all ships trapped
In port! So retribution was given (under maritime law) as I
Understand things? Anything else would be poor.' So what
Of the actions.? Of commanders in chief.? Should they
Endanger their charges, and their country in breif' can there be
No reprecussions? No treasonous charge? In my estimation i find (such a proposition) too hard' to hard for
Comprehension 'specially should there be willfull intent' in
Knowing of disaster yet never to relent.! I have heard so
Much of the gravitas of Admiralty law! Part of the base of
The governance for co-hesion and so much more.' If you're
Prime minister or even President grand' can you carry out crime withought compunction
Let treason be planned.? denigrate your own citizens? And
Care not one bit.' Cause murder and destruction yet think
You will not pay; not one whit..!
I always sought after to clear up the tittle-tattle
that continously throws mud at my character
Incessantly belittling and throwing sour grapes
created to denigrate with contempt and dishonor
thrown at my name.
God is so amazing, so amazing he will not leave us
nor forsake us, He will constantly bring us out of
our tests.
"Thursday’s Windows"
the view
from the other side
open wide
watching
other stories
unfold
write their worlds
upside down
their concert
sung to mirrors
none fair of face
and most,
far to go
(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
“Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace.
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go.
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for a living.
And the child born on the Sabbath day
Is bonny and blithe, good and gay.”
"The Light and the Dark of it. Some people will go to extraordinary measures for redemption. Some people go to extraordinary lengths for Love. Some will call it courage. Others will denigrate the truth of the fall in delivery as foolish. There are benefits to falling, to the breaking: beginning, middle, end. If not the whole, you cannot see but a part of yourself in others, then there is something vitally humane missing in you. No matter how clean and worthy you deem yourself. You are Godless."
He has a lot of visitors
Who just drop by by the neighbors
They have one common interest
For a penny, they'd do their best
A young woman with recurring song
Thought she had not done any wrong
All that she does is blow defame
Without even knowing his name
Then comes a young man with a haggard look
That for a crook, you could mistook
He barks the same words again and again
Just like a dog with damaged brain
An old woman who knows him not
Comes by the neighbor in a cloaking hat
She thinks she knows him all his days
But she don't even know his face
Why do these people denigrate
For just a piece or slice of meat?
Have their world already gone crazy
That they could kill for just a penny?
Life could be harsh, but it could be greater
If only they would try to be better
But they choose to be a cheat
For they don't want to drip a sweat
April 1, 2023
The powers,
the powers 'that be'
wish to thank you
for your on-going servitude,
for your compliance,
conformity,
acquiescence,
gullibility,
subservience,
apathy,
disinterest,
inattention,
and your willful or blind ignorance.
We gratefully accept
your abject submission
as we strive to eradicate
all opposition
and discussion.
You are the very best of sheep,
the most loyal of lambs.
We applaud your
naiveté and lack of interest
in our secretive regime.
We keep your secrets
so you do not have to.
May you continue to serve us
as we
subject,
bamboozle,
hornswoggle,
flimflam,
demonize,
pander,
patronize,
denigrate,
dismiss,
disrespect,
defame.
derogate,
discount,
dishonor,
disparage,
vilify,
slander,
mislead,
misuse,
misdirect,
misinform,
malign,
smear,
conceal,
cover-up
and deceive you all.
Let’s hear it for the Devil
And The Sinister Henchmen Band
C’mon…..ladies and gentlemen
Let’s give’’em a hand
Just back from a world tour
146 cities in 24 hours
Consecutive sell outs
Rooms without showers.
C’mon, we know
you love to hate him
to denigrate and bait him
yet your choices, oh so sad
only serve to sate him.
He’s the echo of the preachers
Spittle spewing crooked speeches
He’s that subtle twisted lie
Of a truth we can’t deny
That haunts us ‘til we die
So let’s hear it for the EVIL one
Who’s twisted how we LIVE
And hope that “something” in us
Will somehow, someday, FORGIVE.
John G. Lawless
©3/2/2022
TO A CHRISTIAN SOCIALIST
When Jesus urged us to donate
To poor strangers or brothers
Did he endorse and give mandate
To proxies in abyssal State *
To signal virtue on a plate
But take it first from others?
If you with heart that bleeds desire
To heal and succour those in pain
Will God not give your spirit fire
Enable you with strength and main
To help in their enhancement
Yet not break the eighth commandment
Why do you choose to denigrate
Yourself, your sister, brother
Deny as cause, and delegate
To those with power to smother
Your self determined strength to be
True source of welfare given free
* ‘abyssal’ - deep as in an abyss
A mouse you say
As if to denigrate my worth
make of me something small.
Knowing nothing of my heart,
my will, my daring, my courage.
You see me as weak.
Have you ever risked all
To bring food to your family?
Outrun a snarling barn cat?
Stealthily snatched the cheese
from the springing death of a mouse trap?”
You know not the trepidations
I wrestle with, feel not the fears
I overcome, hear not the song
within my soul. And yet
you judge me
not knowing that I
am one helluva mouse.
©5/21/2021
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