Pam Schwetz

YOU BETTER WRITE THEM DOWN

WHEN LINES POP INTO YOUR HEAD

GET UP AND WRITE THEM DOWN

 IF YOU DON'T YOU CAN BET

THEY'RE NOT GONNA HANG AROUND

IF YOU DON'T YOU'LL FORGET

ELUSIVE AND YET PROFOUND

BETTER NOT TO REGRET

HAVING AN ALTERED SOUND

THE REMNANTS THAT REMAIN

ARE NEVER QUITE THE SAME

 

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

FOR THE SECOND LINE AN ALTERNATE LINE POPPED UP

YOU  BETTER WRITE THEM DOWN

OR

YOU'D BETTER WRITE THEM DOWN

MIGHT BE THE MORE CORRECT WAY OF SAYING IT BUT I PREFER

YOU BETTER WRITE THEM DOWN

BUT SINCE I GOT UP TO WRITE THIS ONE I LEFT IT ALONE

AS IT RANG MORE TRUE

I TEND TO STICK WITH THE ORIGINAL VERSE AND JUST WRITE IT AS IT COMES ALONG BUT OCCASIONALLY I WILL CHANGE IF IT SOUNDS BETTER TO ME SOMEWAY BUT NOT USUALLY...IT FEELS MORE LIKE  CHANNELING TO ME SO I'D RATHER LET IT BE...I OFTEN WONDER IF  POETRY IS CHANNELING THE WAY THE LINES COME QUICKLY I FEEL MORE LIKE A SECRETARY OF SORTS CAPTURIING THEM BEFORE THEY DISAPPEAR....WEIRD

I STUCK WITH THE FIRST LINE FOR THE TITLE BUT  WAS CONSIDERING YOU BETTER WRITE THEM DOWN...I THINK I WILL CHANGE  IT TO YOU BETTER WRITE THEM DOWN AS I LIKE THAT LINE AND DID NOT USE IT SO IT CAN STILL BE PART OF IT...SOMETIMES I THINK I THINK TOO MUCH...THAT IS ANOTHER POEM I RECORDED ON SOUNDCLOUD A WHILE AGO...TRUE...IT'S IN MY POEMS RECITED BY ME PLAYLIST ON THERE.

 

PREDICTING UNPREDICTABLE THINGS

PREDICTING UNPREDICTABLE THINGS

YOU MAY BE IMAGINING

HOW MIRACULOUS THAT WOULD BE

IF YOU COULD SEE THEM CLEARLY

MAYBE SOMEHOW IN YOUR DREAMS

MIGHT BE EASIER THAN IT SEEMS

COMPILATIONS

COMPILATIONS

COMPLICATIONS

DEDICATIONS

HESITATIONS

INVITATIONS

INTIMATIONS

MEDITATIONS

INSPIRATIONS

ADMIRATIONS

ADAPTATIONS

FASCINATIONS

AFFIRMATIONS

ANIMATIONS

IMPLICATIONS

APPLICATIONS

IMITATIONS

CELEBRATIONS

 
Author's Notes/Comments: 

I ADDED A FEW MORE WORDS WHEN I COPIED IT OVER HERE...SPORADICALLY AS I READ DOWN THE LINE I'D ADD THEM HERE OR THERE...

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BEWARE OF CONTROL FREAKS

AN OUT OF CONTROL

CONTROL FREAK

WHO REALLY IS A GEEK

WANTS TO CONTROL

EVERYTHING

THE WORLD JUST SEEMS SO BLEAK

GMOs AND  PESTICIDES

IN  EVERYTHING YOU EAT

GENETICALLY MODIFIED HUMANS TOO

WITH MRNA TECHNIQUE

CHEMTRAILS POISON OUR AIR

HE WANTS SATELLITES EVERYWHERE

TO WATCH YOUR EVERY MOVE

HE TALKS ABOUT THIS TOO 

HE'S RUINING OUR LAND

AIR AND WATER  SUPPLY

DEPOPULATION IS HIS PLAN

YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHY

I THINK THE DEPOPULATION CLAN

SHOULD DO US ALL A FAVOR

AND START WITH THEMSELVES

NOT ANYONE ELSE

AND RID  US OF THIS BEHAVIOR

PSYCHOPATHS SHOULD BE LOCKED UP

NOT FREE TO RUN AMUCK

PAY ATTENTION STAY ALERT

BEFORE EVERYONE GETS HURT

HE'S PAYING FARMERS TO FALLOW LAND

AND KILLING OFF THEIR LIVESTOCK

I GUESS HE WANTS US ALL TO STARVE

OR EAT HIS GMO CRAP

WE MUST BAN GMOs AND ALL THEIR PESTICIDES

END THE BIOWEAPON  PLAN

BEFORE ALL LIFE IS LOST

NOTICE HOW MANY SPECIES ARE

ENDANGERED OR EXTINCT

WITH THIS RAMPANT TOXICITY

WE ARE NEXT THAT IS THE PLAN

DUE TO HIS ECCENTRICITY

HE'S OBSESSED WITH VACCINES

NOW GMO MOSQUITOS

FLYING SHOT  MACHINES

WE REALLY NEED TO BEAT THOSE

DR ZELENKO LEFT US ZSTACK

FILLED WITH SUPPLEMENTS MOST OF US  LACK

GOOD TO HAVE THOSE WHEN UNDER ATTACK

VITAMIN C, D3,K2

QUERCETIN, ZINC CAN ALL PROTECT YOU

MAGNESIUM,SELENIUM,BROMELAIN

EVERYONE'S DIFFERENT SO ENERGY TEST

TO FIND THE THINGS THAT WORK FOR YOU BEST

EAT ORGANIC,FILTER WATER AND AIR

USE ENERGY MEDICINE DON'T HAVE DESPAIR

SIGN PETITIONS BOYCOTT STUFF

LET THEM KNOW WE'VE HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH

PROSECUTE THOSE WHO CAUSE ALARM

AND DO SO MUCH HARM

WE CAN HAVE HEAVEN OR HELL ON EARTH

IT'S UP TO US TO DO THE WORK

MAY GOD SEND HEAVENLY BLESSINGS OUR WAY

TO SAY THE THINGS WE NEED TO SAY

SO MANY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OUT THERE

I THINK IT BEST FOR US TO SHARE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I DON'T  LIKE TO WRITE SUCH LONG STUFF BUT I HAD SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THIS. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SKIM THROUGH IT AND BE DRAWN TO THINGS THAT ARE HELPFUL FOR YOU.

THE LAST FOUR LINES CAME TO ME AS I WAS COPYING THE POEM OVER HERE...

A FORK IN THE ROAD

WHEN THERE IS A FORK IN THE ROAD

YOU MUST DECIDE WHICH WAY TO GO

TAKE THE HIGH ROAD OR TAKE THE LOW

WHERE YOU'LL END UP YOU NEVER KNOW

TIL YOU GET THERE AND YOU WILL FIND

YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE YOUR MIND

GO A DIFFERENT WAY NEXT TIME

THE RIGHT WAY TO GO

NONCONFORMITY

A NECESSITY

WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG

YOU JUST MUST BE STRONG

LISTEN TO YOUR HEART

A TRUSTWORTHY ART

WHERE YOUR VERY SOUL

PLAYS AN AWESOME ROLE

KNOWING RIGHT FROM WRONG

DOESN'T TAKE TOO LONG

DEEP INSIDE YOU KNOW

THE RIGHT WAY TO GO

STORIES

HOW MANY STORIES ARE IN YOU

HOW MANY OF THEM HAVE PLAYED OUT

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE AND WHAT DIDN'T YOU

WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE ABOUT

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JUST THE STATUS QUO

CATCHER'S IN THE RYE

PITCHER WONDERS WHY

BATTER UP BUT WHERE

DON'T EVEN GO THERE

BASIS ARE LOADED

SOURCES ARE CODED

IT'S A MYSTERY

WE'LL JUST WAIT AND SEE

WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT

IN THIS CRAZY TEXT

JUST THE STATUS QUO

WE WILL NEVER KNOW

Author's Notes/Comments: 

WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY ON J.D. SALINGER AUTHOR OF CATRCHER IN THE RYE RIGHT NOW ON  PRIME VIDEO...WANTED TO WRITE A POEM INCLUDING CATCHER IN THE RYE. HAD TO READ IT IN SCHOOL. LIKED IT. READ IT A FEW TIMES OVER THE YEARS. CLASSIC.

https://soundcloud.com/pamschwetz/just-the-status-quo-poem-by-pam-schwet...

 

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ABRACADABRA

ABRACADABRA

LET WAR CEASE

THEN WE ALL CAN LIVE IN PEACE

ABRACADABRA

LET BIRDS SING

FROM THEIR SONGS THE TRUTH WILL RING

ABRACADABRA

LET SUN SHINE

FEEL THE WARMTH IT IS DIVINE

ABRACADABRA

LET WINDS BLOW

GENTLY CALMING EVERY SOUL

ABRACADABRA

HEAVENLY

ANGELS LOVING EVERYTHING

ABRACADABRA

DAY AND NIGHT

FILL YOUR HEARTS WITH MUCH DELIGHT

Author's Notes/Comments: 

STRONG WINDS WERE BLOWING SO THIS MAGICAL POEM CAME ALONG TO  CALM ME DOWN.