Pam Schwetz

WHAT ARE Ps AND Qs

MIND YOUR Ps AND Qs

WHAT ABOUT  RSTUs

DO THEY THINK THAT WE ARE FOOLS

JUST WHAT ARE THOSE CRAZY RULES

I AM EASILY CONFUSED

NEVER MIND OH WHAT'S THE USE

SOME THINGS JUST CAN'T BE DEFINED

SOME ARE BETTER LEFT BEHIND

AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT I FIND

DANCING ROUND INSIDE MY MIND

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I WAS WATCHING HEART OF DIXIE AND SOMEONE SAID MIND YOUR Ps AND Qs AND I WAS LIKE THERE IS THAT PHRASE AGAIN THAT POPS UP EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE AND I'M LIKE WHAT DOES THAT MEAN EXACTLY...MY GUESS IS BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR BUT NOT REALLY SURE WHERE THAT CAME FROM AND IF THOSE LETTERS REFER TO ANYTHING SPECIFIC...SO NOT KNOWING WHY THEY CHOOSE THOSE TWO LETTERS I FOLLOWED UP WITH RSTUs JUST CUZ IT RHYMED...KINDA MADE ME THING OF RST AS REST OF Us OR Us...ANYWAY ANYTIME I HEAR THAT PHRASE I ALWAYS WONDER  WHAT IT MEANS EXACTLY AND WHERE THAT CAME FROM ANYWAY...I THINK MY GUESS IS RIGHT ABOUT BEST BEHAVIOR BUT NOT SURE WHY I THINK THAT...

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CONTEMPLATE

CONTEMPLATE

CONCENTRATE

DEMONSTRATE

DEVIATE

DESIGNATE

HESITATE

MEDITATE

MEDIATE

PERPETRATE

PENETRATE

RESONATE

REPLICATE

SIMULATE

STIMULATE

SATURATE

SEPARATE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SELECTIVE PERSPECTIVE

SELECTIVE

PERSPECTIVE

REFLECTIVE

INVENTIVE

ATTENTIVE

COLLECTIVE

CONNECTIVE

DECEPTIVE

DIRECTIVE

PERCEPTIVE

RECEPTIVE

SUGGESTIVE

INTENSIVE

PROSPECTIVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVENTION OF PERCEPTION

PREDESTINED

TO BE DESTINED

NOT TO MENTION

THIS DIMENSION

ITS ASCENSION

CAUSES TENSION

INTERVENTION

ITS INTENTION

IS INVENTION

OF PERCEPTION

SOME LIKE YOU

WHEN YOU'RE INNOCENT AND NAIVE

IT'S SO HARD FOR YOU TO BELIEVE

SO MANY ARE PRONE TO DECEIVE

WHAT A TANGLED WEB THEY WILL WEAVE

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU CAN TRUST

WHEN SO MANY OF THEM WILL JUST

CAUSE YOU TO BELIEVE THAT YOU MUST

QUESTION EVERYTHING IN DISGUST

SO MANY GOOD ARE OUT THERE TOO

JUST GOTTA BELIEVE THAT IS TRUE

WHAT ELSE  CAN YOU POSSIBLY DO

THAN BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME LIKE YOU

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

THIS POEM CAME TO ME WHILE WATCHING ELF....

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I'M NOT INTO SCI- FI

I'M NOT INTO SCI- FI

NOT CRAZY BOUT A.I.

IT WASTES TOO MUCH ENERGY

THEY NEED NEW TECHNOLOGY

THEY RUSH INTO WAY TOO MUCH

AND I'VE REALLY HAD ENOUGH

OF SO MUCH TOXICITY

THAT SCENE JUST ISN'T  FOR ME

WE NEED TO STOP MAD SCIENTISTS

LET'S LOCK THEM UP NOW THERE'S A TWIST

I WOULD TRULY LOVE TO SEE

SO WE ALL COULD LIVE IN PEACE

 

 

FIRST DO NO HARM

FIRST DO NO HARM 

DON'T  CAUSE ALARM

RESPONSIBLE TECHNOLOGY

IS GOOD FOR ALL EQUALLY

WE'RE BETTER OFF WITHOUT 5G

RADIATION HARMING THINGS

WE MUST GET RID OF GMOs

WE DON'T WANT ANYMORE OF THOSE

WE MUST GET RID OF BIOWEAPONS

HARMING ALL LIFE  MAKES NO SENSE

WE NEED TO BAN CHEMTRAILS

STOP CONTROLLING WEATHER

MANMADE NONSENSE ALWAYS FAILS

NATURE DOES THINGS BETTER

BAD FEELINGS ABOUT AI

HERE IS JUST ONE REASON WHY

IT WASTES TOO MUCH ENERGY

AND WE DON'T NEED IT YOU SEE

STOP RUSHING TECHNOLOGY

BEFORE CONSEQUENCES ARE SEEN

DAMAGE CONTROL SEEMS SLOW TO COME

CONSEQUENCES AFFECT EVERYONE

STOP MAKING SO MANY MISTAKES

THAT HARM ALL LIFE WITH SUCH HIGH STAKES

UGLY WINDMILLS KILLING BIRDS

INEFFICIENT SO ABSURD

THEIR VIBRATIONS BEACHING WHALES

TOO MUCH HARM IT ENTAILS

THEY DON'T LAST LONG OR WORK TOO WELL

YOU CAN'T RECYCLE UGLY SHELL

THINGS MUST BE TESTED EXTREMELY WELL

NOT RUSH THEM INTO LIVING HELL

WE DO TOO MANY THINGS

WITHOUT THINKING

WE MUST SLOW DOWN AND WORK THINGS OUT

MUCH BETTER FOR ALL LIFE WITHOUT A DOUBT

I'M TAKEN ABACK

BY HOW MANY LACK

A MORAL COMPASS

A CONSCIENCE

THERE MUST BE CONSEQUENCE

FOR THOSE  WHO CAUSE  SUCH NONSENSE

 

 

 

 

 

 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

TOO MANY THING ARE RUSHED INTO WITH LITTLE THOUGHT OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS AND THEN WE ALL SUFFER FOR SO MANY MISTAKES MADE. IT'S EVEN WORSE WHEN THEY ARE DONE ON PURPOSE INTENDING HARM. THAT NONSENSE NEEDS TO END.

NO MIDDLE GROUND

ONE EXTREME TO THE OTHER

WHO TO BELIEVE OH BROTHER

SEEMS NO MIDDLE GROUND

IS THERE TO BE FOUND

WE MUST TRY HARD TO DISCOVER

THERE MUST BE ONE WE UNCOVER

WATERFALL OF WORDS

EVER FLOWING  WATERFALL OF WORDS

NEVER KNOWING IF IT ALL GETS HEARD

CASCADING THOUGHTS ABOUND

THEY'RE ALWAYS AROUND

WAITING FOR A CHANCE TO DANCE

OR RUN AND PLAY ANYWAY THEY CAN

LISTEN FOR THEM IN A SORT OF TRANCE

THEY WILL COME IF YOU  CAN  JUST RELAX

LISTEN TO THEM WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE