Short Shutdown Poems

millions arrived on
capitol hill protesting
goverment shutdown...

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When world shutdown grace
Pinoys open up their homes
Jews, Russians, all race....

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Hairs like Amazon to cut down
Barbers all in shutdown
No one knows in my town
When to end this lock down?...

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Government shutdown

Many seeking assistance

To purchase some food
 
Our President does not care

Politics more important...

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Be aware  tho who don,t care not willing to share not black or white do what's right they won,t all for a wall stop dreamer from being around that's WHY SHUTDOWN...

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His stress is too much to take,
        drinking to self-medicate.
     Laid off from the job he loves
 Covid shutdown brings heartache


Date written: 02/03/2021...

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I
global shutdown
local foraging pleasures
picking herbs - bounty

II
promise of city -
work loses meaning -
plants, family

III
global shutdown
strange equality
hinterlands rise...

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The longest government shutdown ends
But not America's deep hurt
There's nothing to celebrate
Those affected still bleed
The pain still lingers
Why the shutdown?
All for naught
Cruel and 
Dumb


Date written and posted: 01/25/2019...

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Procrastination 
Government Shutdown Thoughts
Miracle Man
September 20, 2023

Many times problems only warrant serious attention,
when the finish line banner is in sight.
And generally it reads,
BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME!
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Both
Sides
Stubborn
Not budging
Washington impasse
The government shutdown drags on
While the furloughed and unpaid federal workers suffer
When will the captains of complacency in Washington finally end this madness?


Date written and written: 01/21/2019...

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Stress

political angst
insecurity
leaders thump their chests
cling to positions
Joe Lunchbucket waits
	
he wants to work
needs the pittance
to feed his clan
pay the mortgage

insulting
“adjustments”
can’t be made

shutdown’s
mounting

stress



*January 19, 2019...

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Surprised situation
No warning
Darkened city
The unknown
The walking to where?
Silent
People moving cautiously
Elevators stuck everywhere
Fire Department rescue action
Wonders on everyone’s mind
No explanation
Shutdown connection
Condition
Electricity all out
Stuck on pause
No cause
...

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He wrote poems, 
Little bridges,
Broken lifelines.

Distance, like darkness
Drained the heart,
Despite the crying,
That no one heard,
Dreaming, replacement
Denials, escapement,
Confusion all around,
Until the final shutdown.

She loved orchids,
And the full moon,
Those were her windows....

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From east to west

If we are to believe the media press

And read between government propaganda

Then simply don't panic

Just wash your hands for 20 seconds

And the world will be out of shutdown
in no time at all

In fact before you can recite the word's to the nursery rhyme

A ring a ring of rosies...

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Talking mostly all-day long
non-stop
mostly words that are boldly negative
a shutdown
hear and don't hear
please be quiet
let it rest
let me guess
Is this a test?
speak for the best.

Speak words of wisdom
elevate,concentrate,motivate
think before one speak.

Please listen and hear
put away that spear....

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Another mass shooting,
Another protest,
A border wall crisis,
That rivals the rest.

More proof than ever,
Of a nuclear threat,
A government shutdown,
Is a pretty sure bet.

Our climate is ruined,
Our poor needs fed,
Homelessness runs rampant,
Our allies need some bread.

Wonder what can we do,
How can we fix it,
I know, let’s take a vacation,
And let it all go to spit.
...

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In the darkness thrives 
Our inner most lives
But chances robs flies
Like winged tigerskarks

In the light swings chandeliers
Clinging dragons Shangri-La
Story pictures of passion fears
Purpose-driven  ceiling fans Mardi Gras

Darkness. dies
Light cries
No more passion rights
Dragon fly tiger shark drones
Universe shutdown 
Good night

2/8/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr...

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Spare a prayer for my fair Lady Spouse
Her last sigh was as shy as a mouse
She died in the snow
A moment ago 
Frozen numb coming from the outhouse*


*Many Native Americans live in homes without electricity, plumbing, or heating,  and Trump's shutdown of the BIA ( "Bossing Indians Around") prevented the sale of permits which allow Native Americans to collect firewood on their own land. ...

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In the once-great City of Chicago
  all the public schools are shut down
Teachers threatened to strike
  Parents had nervous breakdowns

So there's on-line instruction 
  up to seven hours a day
Does that sound reasonable
  Psychologists say no way...

Meanwhile, Jewish schools are open
  All the kids attend, and they're stoked
to prove that public schoolteachers' bravado
  ~ is no more than a bona-fide hoax...

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SHOWDOWN

Blowdown breakdown tire no longer inflated
Sooner than later showdown shutdown
Clampdown lowdown holddown the hoedown
Run down  the crackdown and go
Spashdown at sundown shutdown  slowdown, oh
Everyone slow down climdown the rundown
Slowdown  the run down out dated
Meltdown shedom found show up get down
Fixed tires all round the showdown 

For Contest: RHYME BATTLE X SHOWDOWN
Sponsored by: JULI MICHELLE
©2018...

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Listening to a gleaming
word whole life
and finding its meaning at
the fag end.
And you are in thrall
to a sinful pleasure.

The yearnings
of a small Pteris,
which drinks arsenic daily
to rescue a withering smile.

A poem sings to me
under a lantern, when a
storm was raging to roil
the blue birds of imploring peaks.

It looks into your eyes
to find the answer
of complete shutdown
of cotton feel.



Satish Verma...

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Weapons of massive destruction
Disabled at the firing button.
Systems of hate shutdown.
Time warped and turned around.

Don't be surprised before your eyes
Are found. Changing color is sound.
Those of Gluttony for Glory sake,
A change of Way comes to take.

The sound is indiscriminate.

Shutdown of weapons imitate.
This includes your tongue.
Envy corrodes the fun.
Greed is a worthless One.

New logs are under construction.......

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she’s a chain smoker

with stiletto heels

and ruby red lips

she leaves a trail

of cigarette butts

marked with her kiss

like a bread crumb

trail in case she

gets lost and can’t

find her way home

she’ll shutdown

your heart faster

than a heart attack

knows where she’s going

and only getting started

she’s an unsolvable riddle

when she whips her hair

parts  the red sea

and walks right down

the middle...

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Rock us
To the core
Images splattered
Across every screen
New news, wrong news, bad news
In the brouhaha all semblance
Of order is lost
A marathon turned to a scramble
Some run for their lives
Some race to the fallen
The horror drags on
Police killed
School than neighborhood
Shutdown
Locked down
Ghost town
Of a vibrant city
Stats come in
3 killed in double blasts
260 injured
1 policeman shot
Yet the suspects (2)
Are dead or caught
Does this mean
We can
Breathe?...

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