Pam Schwetz

CASUALTIES

HOW DARE THEY CALL THEM CASUALTIES

AS IF THEIR LIVES DON'T MATTER

DO YOU THINK WAR WILL EVER CEASE

THE TALK OF IT'S JUST CHATTER

BECAUSE OF SICK AND TWISTED MINDS

WHO LOVE MONEY AND POWER

THEY HIDE BEHIND ALL OF THEIR LIES

UNTIL THEIR FINAL HOUR

 

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I WAS WATCHING MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE AND AT THE END OF THE MOVIE DENZEL SAYS THERE'S ALWAYS CASUALTIES IN WAR...I THOUGHT WHAT A STRANGE WORD TO USE AND SHOCKING...CASUALTIES...FOR LIVES LOST DUE TO WAR... SO UTTERLY DISRESPECTFUL OF LIFE....DEVASTATING...SENSELESS...NO COMPASSION OR EMPATHY...DISGUSTING....NO MORALS OR CONSCIENCE...WAR MUST END...I AM SURE MOST PEOPLE WOULD MUCH RATHER LIVE IN PEACE...WHY MUST SO MANY SUFFER FOR THE IGNORANCE OF THE FEW THAT INSTIGATE IT AND REFUSE TO LET GO OF IT. THERE ARE NO WINNERS IN WAR...WE ARE ALL LOSERS....THOSE WHO INSTIGATE IT AND THOSE WHO DO NOTHING TO TRY TO STOP IT...

 

 

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ENJOY THE RIDE

DON'T BE SHALLOW

DON'T GO FALLOW

DON'T BE YELLOW

 

DIG IN DEEP

YOU WILL REAP

SOMETHING STEEP

 

YOU MAY SOAR

EVERMORE

TO THE CORE

 

DON'T JUDGE THE COVER

JUST DISCOVER

WHAT YOU UNCOVER

 

GO DEEP INSIDE

DO NOT HIDE

ENJOY THE RIDE

 

JUST UNWIND

KEEP IN MIND

WHAT YOU FIND

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

THESE SETS OF THREES COULD ALL BE POEMS WITHIN THEMSELVES...

PERPENDICULAR IN PARTICULAR

PERPENDICULAR

IN PARTICULAR

DOESN'T MAKE TOO MUCH SENSE

DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M DENSE

CAN'T SAY IT'S TOO INTENSE

PERPENDICULAR

IN PARTICULAR

JUST POPPED INTO MY HEAD

GUESS ENOUGH'S BEEN SAID

BEFORE IT'S TOO WIDESPREAD

PERPENDICULAR

IN PARTICULAR

JUST LIKE THE WAY IT SOUNDS

AND IT IS ON THOSE GROUNDS

I HAVE GONE OUT OF BOUNDS

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

WATCHING RERUNS OF MOONLIGHTING ON  PRIME VIDEO AND THE RECEPTIONIST  IS ALWAYS ANSWERING THE PHONE IN RHYMES SO NATURALLY A POEM WAS BOUND TO COME...BRUCE WILLIS SAID  A WORD I CAN'T REMEMBER NOW THAT SOUNDED SIMILAR TO PERPENDICULAR SO THAT IS WHY IT POPPED INTO MY HEAD...PERPENDICULAR IN PARTICULAR...FEELS AWFULLY CATCHY TO ME FOR SOME ODD REASON...SO HAD TO PAUSE TO WRITE THIS AND SEE WHATELSE WOULD COME TO GO ALONG WITH IT...NOT MUCH I GUESS...HA HA

I HAD TO GO BACK TO THE EPISODE TO SEE WHAT HE SAID THAT TRIGGERED PERPENDICULAR IN PARTICULAR...IN SEASON ONE EPISODE SIX HE SAID  IAMBIC PENTAMETER AND THAT IS WHEN PERPENDICULAR IN PARTICULAR POPPED INTO MY HEAD...

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DETOXIFY

OUR WORLD IS TOO TOXIC

IT'S REALLY OBNOXIOUS

WE MUST DETOXIFY

FOOD,SOIL,AIR AND WATER SUPPLY

GET RID OF THOSE WINDMILLS KILLING THE BIRDS

THE WORLD IS MUCH BETTER WHEN THEIR SONGS ARE HEARD

GET RID OF 5G RADIATION

HARMING AIR WAVES ACROSS THE NATION

GET RID OF GAIN OF FUNCTION BIOWEAPONS

HOW MUCH DOES IT TAKE TO LEARN A LESSON

APPARENTLY IDIOTS ARE IN CHARGE

CAUSING MUCH DESTRUCTION AT LARGE

WE MUST END WARS AND LIVE IN PEACE

BEFORE ALL LIFE BECOMES EXTINCT

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

YOU CAN USE SUPPLEMENTS AND HERBS TO DETOXIFY YOUR BODY BUT IF WE WEREN'T CONSTANTLY BOMBARDED WITH TOXINS EVERYWHERE WE WOULDN'T NEED TO DO THAT. LET'S DETOXIFY THE ENVIRONMENT WE LIVE IN. TOO MANY SPECIES ARE ENDANGERED OR EXTINCT DUE TO SOME IGNORANT HUMAN  CARELESSNESS. WE COULD CLEAN THINGS UP AND STRIVE FOR HEAVEN ON EARTH. I THINK THE MAJORITY OF US WOULD PREFER THAT.

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SUCH MAGICAL SITES IN THE SKY

WHAT ARE YOU FASCINATED BY

IS IT THE VASTNESS OF THE SKY

OR ALL THE CLOUDS PARADING BY

MAYBE THE SUNSET OR SUNRISE

OR MAYBE A RAINBOW SURPRISE

OR MAYBE IT'S THE NORTHERN LIGHTS

THAT BRING SO MANY SUCH DELIGHTS

SUCH MAGICAL SITES IN THE SKY 

INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES

WHY ARE THEY CALLED

INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES

WHEN THEY DO SUCH STUPID THINGS

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I RECENTLY SAW SOMEONE MENTION THERE ARE EIGHTEEN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES IN OUR GOVERNMENT...THEY DIDN'T MENTION THE NAMES OF THEM ALL. WE NEED LIBERTARIANS IN THERE TO TRIM ALL THE FAT. SO MANY BUREAUCRACIES. SEEMS TO ME THEY JUST WASTE  MONEY WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND. THE ONES I HAVE HEARD OF SEEM TO DO NOTHING BUT CAUSE PROBLEMS INSTEAD OF SOLVE ANY. JUST THINKING OUT LOUD.

SOMETIMES SILENCE SPEAKS VOLUMES

SOMETIMES SILENCE SPEAKS VOLUMES

SOMETIMES VOLUMES ARE SILENT

WHEN ONE DOESN'T CARE TO READ THEM

NO MATTER HOW MANY ARE SENT

THEN THERE ARE SOME

WHO ARE JUST TOO DUMB

TO EVEN KNOW WHAT WAS MEANT

 

IN BETWEEN THE IN BETWEEN

IN BETWEEN THE IN BETWEEN

WHAT ARE YOU IMAGINING

YOU MIGHT FIND

IN YOUR MIND

BEYOND THE BEYOND

ON AND ON

AWAKE OR ASLEEP

AS YOU GO DEEP

IN A LUCID DREAM

HOW DOES IT SEEM

REAL OR SURREAL

HOW DOES IT FEEL

EVEN JUST READING ABOUT IT

DO YOU BELIEVE IT OR DOUBT IT

Author's Notes/Comments: 

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THE SEQUEL

I THINK THIS SEQUEL WILL BE BETTER THAN THE FIRST

CUZ LAST TIME AROUND LESSONS WERE LEARNED

GREAT EXPECTATIONS WITH THE DREAM TEAM

OFF TO A GREAT START YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

THEIR INTENTION TO END THE CORRUPTION

THAT HAS CAUSED SO MUCH DISRUPTION

I'M SURE THEY ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK

AND WE ALL SHOULD HAVE THEIR BACK

THEY ARE WORKING FOR ALL OF US

FINALLY A GOVERNMENT WE CAN TRUST

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

THIS SPEAKS VOLUMES

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