Burrowing and Borrowing-
Starving but harvesting-
NOT quite charming but alarming-
Harming when storming-
More than a boring warning-
Performing and conforming-
Alluring the enduring-
Touring the reassuring-
Scurrying and worrying-
Working NOT twerking-
Twitching and itching-
Computer glitching when stitching-
Missing NOT dissing-
No hex
No mess
No sex
No stress
Wrestling with a nestled Texas style onion ring...
Castling the mastered haphazardly masked task...
Of a vaccinated infatuation ally rally for a new kitchen sink...
Getting pushed pass the brink by the former owner of a skating rink- because of drinking.
News is abhorring
And so boring
Starting from the break of dawn
I think we need
To be indeed
Vaccinated for the yawn
They always try
The same tired lie
Their old shtick goes on and on
I’ll catch my death
With lack of breath
If they don’t vaccinate the yawn
They put on acts
With rusty facts
Their dog dug up from the lawn
And then they’ll drone
Over that bone
Hurry and vaccinate the yawn
Obey we should
For public good
And if not they’ll use their brawn
That same lousy
Makes me drowsy
Excuse me while I yawn
Here’s protection
From infection
Sorry but we’ve seen that con
So please instead
Cure sleepyhead
And vaccinate the yawn
We’ve had enough
Of their old stuff
We’re pooped out being their pawn
Since they’re creepy
We’ll stay sleepy
Until they vaccinate the yawn
Freedom or whatever
Is it a wonderful idea where we can say what we like?
To act as we like without concern what others might think.
I believe in free speech voicing what life has taught me
and part of this is that freedom carries responsibility.
dare I say, compassion for others.
In Europe’s cities and the USS, people are demonstrating
they do not want their freedom curtailed,
not to wear masks and not vaccinated.
they do not think of people who by their actions might
make other bystanders catch the Virus and die.
Every régime of every description will try to get more power
and they must be resisted, but not now.
When times are right, they must be fought the alternative
is fascism, the enemy of freedom will seduce the half-baked
people to look for leaders who despite fine words
have nothing to offer but autocracy.
The headlines blared “COVID-19 vaccines kill people!”
“More vaccinated people die of COVID than non-vaccinated!”
“COVID vaccines are a government conspiracy!”
Wait a minute, though.
Let’s think about this for a moment.
For argument, assume that the vaccines
Have no impact at all
On your dying of COVID-19.
The recent census figures say
About eighty percent of the U.S. population is vaccinated.
If our assumption that the vaccines have no impact at all holds,
Then we’d expect four times the death rate for vaccinated people.
(Eighty percent is four times greater
Than the twenty percent unvaccinated population.)
What even those who call the COVID-19 vaccines a killer admit
Is that the rate of deaths between vaccinated and not
Is far, far less than four-to-one in the United States.
It’s less than two-to-one by even the most extreme sampling.
What we must conclude, then, is that COVID-19 vaccines save lives.
The conspiracy theorists’ own data proves it.
Aren’t statistics a wonderful tool?
Standing for freedom’s supremacy
Legitimately granted to be enjoyed
I am the "Freedom Pub*"
Tenaciously upholding what I believe is lawful
Anchored by the Constitution
Which strongly buttresses this nation I am part of…
Speaking for humane practices
That exposes unlawful mandates
Imposed by the government
I am the "Freedom Pub"
And I refuse to discriminate against anyone
Who is fulfilling his/her granted role with peace.
With this declaration
I am the "Freedom Pub"
Inviting all to feast rightfully inside my building
Against fear of being segregated or neglected
While welcoming the vaccinated and unvaccinated
To dine in, celebrating good health… blest by the Almighty**.
*Caledonian Hotel of Singleton NSW, Australia
**Psalm 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
January 7, 2023
2nd place, "Freedom Pub" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Joe Maverick; judged on 1/9/2023.
Edited on January 14, 2023
Climate changed into just weather.
We watched it happen,
watched the meth-maidens and the hookers
turn pale and ill
Senators secretly paying their motel bills.
Denials fling insults at each other,
It's election fever
and we are fools or establishment tools.
Picking sides is a choice between lies
yet go vote anyhow
you're fully vaccinated now
buttoned-up tight
nothing bad could possibly happen - right?
The Lincoln road nearby
Walking the hills, near silence and illness
No masks, though winter is coming
Deadlocks, people forgetting vaccines
Even the smartest wander about
Stores and movies, dinners and coffees
Cars, buses and planes
Sidewalks and streets
Winter is coming
The Lincoln memorial stands nearby
And Lincoln's statue stands in the cold
Character and force
A vaccinated friend suffers after 3 shots
Yet still is at home and ill
Illness and fatigue
Parks, lights and trees
What will December bring
The booster is in town
trying to keep Omicron down
The governemnet is scared
the coronavirus has reflared
People will get sick
With this guy ever so quick
Are there any doctors and nurses around?
we need all hands on the ground
The UK has lost the plot
And Australia is being lead by clots
Lots of people will die
And many families will cry
But it was all worth it
All that true determination and grit
We saved the economy
surely you don't believe in astrology
POTUS has COVID
what shall we do
people are going crazy
it's an all out zoo
He said he'll isolate
at the white house
Is everyone safe around him
even a mouse?
He's taking Paxlovid,
vaccinated and boosted twice
His symptoms are mild
and virus-less is his wife
He's tired, has a runny nose
and a dry cough
He had a press conference
where he shunned it off
Let's pray that POTUS
gets well soon
Here's to good old Joe...
some virtual balloons!
I am trying my best to hold on…
But many healthy vaccinated friends are now suffering!
It is breaking my heart, it is breaking me
One dead, 3 with eye issues, one with 2 black eyes now
One dying of neck cancer and cannot swallow
One other I choose to keep private
I have seen a friend killed in my past
I have lost a Lieutenant friend who was killed years ago
Now, I watch this whirling around me, getting worse and worse!
PLEASE PRAY for these people and help them in this way
I cannot save them and my heart is about to be fractured forever!
Heidi Sands
5/23/22
He had a Trump sign on his front lawn.
I was concerned, so naturally I set fire to his house.
She told us that men cannot give birth,
Naturally, obviously I was concerned, upset,
and had her committed for reeducation.
He wore no mask in the restaurant,
deeply concerned, I had him thrown out.
Naturally we doxed him,
chanted ‘racist’ outside his home.
She refused to be vaccinated;
said they did not work.
of course I blew the whistle on her,
had her sacked.
We must stand together, and not tolerate
these ungrateful, reactionary malcontents.
Concerned citizens must be vigilant,
yet caring – as I am.
Our Country stands at thee.
Freedom is victory.
A Country once known for.
Being kind and helping the poor.
A place to grow and love at your best.
Control, anger will never rest.
Until the day communication at a table.
Listening to each other and being stable.
Communication is key.
In order for things to work out successfully.
The armour, the police and possibly a whole lot more.
Causing fights, riots is unnaturally.
After two vaccines and still got very ill.
How does one feel safe for more needles or a pill.
The immune system has broken down.
No energy, often I feel like falling on the ground.
Family got vaccinated and lost her job.
My dad passed away, I still do sob.
So what else can one do but fight for freedom for all.
Before our Country hits rock bottom and we all fall.
I tried to find my true love
But nothing come of it
So I gave up trying
I'm going to walk alone now.
My family fell apart after Dad died
And disintegated when Mum passed
So there is not much left
i'm going to walk alone now.
My University got jealous of me
So set out to derogate me
The system really did me in
i'm going to walk alone now.
My children all grew up
And started a life of their own
They live far away
i'm going to walk alone now.
I wanted to make a difference
But everyone just cares for themselves
Why should I bother
i'm going to walk alone now.
I use to walk with my neighbour
But Covid came along
I'm not vaccinated with spike, so
I'm going to walk alone now.
I don't believe in Heaven
And I do not believe in Hell
When it is over it is over
i'm going to walk alone now.
Underwear to hold your leaks,
Meds with crazy names -
These are products touted
As I watch the Aussie games.
Homeowners’ insurance,
Make-up, cool expensive cars
Advertised between the sets
Of vaccinated stars.
Scenes of lovely Melbourne
By commercial crews they’ve hired
Hoping that some tourists
Will be well-enough inspired.
Since I can’t fast-forward,
Every ad I’m forced to see,
Although the target audience
Is certainly not me.
At first herd immunity was the go
When most people got it and recovered
COVID would have no where to go.
It would die out, starved of victims,
Starved of infections from which to spread.
Then came the shutdowns, must get vaccinated
to get out and about.
Get jabbed - once, twice, three times,
four, five, and more.
But Omnicon changed all that.
The vaccinated got infected.
The infected got reinfected.
Now all has changed.
The politics says: 'Let it rip'
It can't be stopped.
Everyone will get it.
The vulnerable will die and be eliminated
Most people will recover.
We must learn to live with it.
There is no choice now, no solution.
The little bag of chemicals,
the virus, that needs to reinfect forever to survive.
The virus that cannot live without us, as parasitic hosts,
has won,
R.I.P.
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