Thoughts from a 70 year old Disabled Veteran
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Thoughts from a 70 year old Disabled Veteran
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2020-04-14
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I write poetry so...
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Covid 19
By B A Wellman
March 21, 2020
Things aren't going very well for our country and our leaders
The rich go on without a care not true of bottom feeders
As if we needed more upset than our troubled plate could take
Fate stepped in and proved to us, not all the news was fake
Covid virus running wild, in Italy and China
Just the mention of that word, now gives a soul angina
Our Government to busy stealing, lying to the people
Not bright enough to realize, that China was our prequel
Don't warn the public sell your stocks, cash in on peoples sorrow
Elite was told, make moves today, we'll tell the poor tomorrow
Let's have the rural, city, towns, fend for themselves.. good luck
Our leaders attitude's soon prove, they planned to pass the buck
They say they're very smart and no one cares more for the masses
But all the benefits for us, go to upper social classes
No word from federal government, too busy doing nothing
The Senate on vacation says, why don't we keep on bluffing
It's now hit us, no lessons learned cause no one paid attention
Besides, who cares, all plaque can do is kill and bring on tension
Shelter in place if you are poor, so to for middle classes
Good luck to you, now here's a crumb go try to save your asses
Test kits coming, people dying their promises un kept
Advice on how to save our souls, was under life's rug swept
No drug to treat us and no hope, is what the Senate offers
Those bullies, tardholes, fools and clowns are just a bunch of scoffers
No masks for doctors, gloves for nurse, so here's a penny for your purse
You can not spend it, even worse, we'll now pay cash to call a hearse
Toilet paper gone from shelves, no beans, no wipes, no meat
I doubt the big boy ponders that, upon gold toilet seat
Rich restrooms in the nation stocked, with all that they will want
They horde supply while we have none, you think they've made a point?
The Senate gives no aid to us, thank your local city hall
They bring us facts, they give us hope with Federal in a stall
Flatten curves they tell us, but what's flattened is our belly
Closed now are the shops and stores, the Dairy Queen & deli
Social distance sounds like fun, if unhappy with your neighbor
With loved ones it's a painful notion, most of us don't savor
The ICU we can not visit, so the dying die alone
Still Washington is happy leaving, all the living prone
As the food chain stops, and they close the shops
Out of business goes the Moms and Pops
None left for them, none left for us, DC knows but won't discuss
Mitch and buddies will not fuss, makes you want to scream and cuss
We know not where Covid will leave us, but Senate, take a guess
If the job was done we hired for, we'd not be in the mess
What's behind door # 3 who cares? You're better chancing
Nothing is much better than our POTUS is romancing
And if this does not kill us all, will we have learned our lesson?
Let's call elected to the mat and make them start confessin'
Hear me true and hear me strong, this carnage could go on for long
Won't go away with just a song, you can't hide stupid with a thong!
In voting booth we change-or not, these leaders useless on the spot
Your vote's the weapon that you've got, help change begets into begot
If your still alive on voting day don't waste that vote nor throw away
Vote out the deadbeats where they lay, let's make it safe for straight and gay
Transgenders and the in betweens the Foreign students with their dreams
No one's safe from this loser team, United States ripped at it's seams
Covid should not turn our heads, nor should the lies our leaders said
If we don't die tonight in bed, please go to vote out talking heads
It's only started yes, that's true, let's wait and watch them nothing do
A challenge, yes, for me and you...
remember love will us get thru
~The End~ (perhaps, with new leadership)
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Trying Times
by B A Wellman March 26, 2020
When you can't find the forest because of the trees
If you can't find your God when your down on your knees
Hope, faith and charity never charge fees
Yourself is the one you should work hard to please
Sometimes a heart needs to break out and cry
Why exists in our culture such a threatening divide?
Makes us, one by one, want to run off and hide
We need all hands on deck, advice please abide
Love can't exist, if we don't all chip in
Together we're strong and together we win
So together we're all gonna toughen our skin
Together, resilient like the man made of tin
Just like that man, please don't let your parts rust
Keeping oil can handy, right now, is a must
Take care of yourself while our nation is trussed
Assisting the sick, old and young now a must
Toss out all your bias, become color blind
More than one nations snared up in this bind
Eliminate fear and you too might find
The shocking truth of just what comes from "kind"
Some of us bend and that helps us to thrive
But some of us break, when our leaders connive
Your neighbor is hungry so don't food deprive
Hording it all won't help, helpless survive
If just one person wins, then the rest of us lose
Take command now, while our leaders all snooze
Don't burn your brain out obsessing on news
Happy winners all will win, sorry losers all lose
Love's never wrong just like hate's never right
If you have a soft pillow think on it tonight
Some sleep in doorways, others give up the fight
Don't reduce have and have nots to just black and white
Hard times seem like "you" and "them", remember don't divide
Multiply your happiness, out on your rainbow ride
Add time to smell the roses, sweet, and please don't take a side
Subtract the Tempest in the room, humanity will thrive
Danger breeds in whispered lies, so speak up loud and clear
There's never been a better time to conquer ethnic fear
Love your fellow man as well, then hold your loved ones near
Buck up cowboy.... tow line, this path was never clear!
Hatred only breeds the worst, love always breeds the best
Don't gossip, just tell facts my friend, when hope is put to test
Keep faith alive, you just might do, much better than the rest
Resilient attitude you need, to feather your own nest
Are we too blind the light to see?
Luck living in the land of free
Life gave each soul no gaurentee
Singing words of wisdom..... Let It Be
Even kids know right from wrong
So take my cue and play along
Blow some bubbles, sing your song
Make happy times your mind belong
Don't heed advice where lies do lurk
Comes words of warning with this work
Truth is truth, truth never jerks
It's time to cash in all our perks
We'll get thru this, and with our peers
Give help you can and share fate's tears
Hold on tight till a better time nears
If you've better advice...
then I'm all ears!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Covid 19
By B A Wellman
March 21, 2020
Things aren't going very well for our country and our leaders
The rich go on without a care not true of bottom feeders
As if we needed more upset than our troubled plate could take
Fate stepped in and proved to us, not all the news was fake
Covid virus running wild, in Italy and China
Just the mention of that word, now gives a soul angina
Our Government to busy stealing, lying to the people
Not bright enough to realize, that China was our prequel
Don't warn the public sell your stocks, cash in on peoples sorrow
Elite was told, make moves today, we'll tell the poor tomorrow
Let's have the rural, city, towns, fend for themselves.. good luck
Our leaders attitude's soon prove, they planned to pass the buck
They say they're very smart and no one cares more for the masses
But all the benefits for us, go to upper social classes
No word from federal government, too busy doing nothing
The Senate on vacation says, why don't we keep on bluffing
It's now hit us, no lessons learned cause no one paid attention
Besides, who cares, all plaque can do is kill and bring on tension
Shelter in place if you are poor, so to for middle classes
Good luck to you, now here's a crumb go try to save your asses
Test kits coming, people dying their promises un kept
Advice on how to save our souls, was under life's rug swept
No drug to treat us and no hope, is what the Senate offers
Those bullies, tardholes, fools and clowns are just a bunch of scoffers
No masks for doctors, gloves for nurse, so here's a penny for your purse
You can not spend it, even worse, we'll now pay cash to call a hearse
Toilet paper gone from shelves, no beans, no wipes, no meat
I doubt the big boy ponders that, upon gold toilet seat
Rich restrooms in the nation stocked, with all that they will want
They horde supply while we have none, you think they've made a point?
The Senate gives no aid to us, thank your local city hall
They bring us facts, they give us hope with Federal in a stall
Flatten curves they tell us, but what's flattened is our belly
Closed now are the shops and stores, the Dairy Queen & deli
Social distance sounds like fun, if unhappy with your neighbor
With loved ones it's a painful notion, most of us don't savor
The ICU we can not visit, so the dying die alone
Still Washington is happy leaving, all the living prone
As the food chain stops, and they close the shops
Out of business goes the Moms and Pops
None left for them, none left for us, DC knows but won't discuss
Mitch and buddies will not fuss, makes you want to scream and cuss
We know not where Covid will leave us, but Senate, take a guess
If the job was done we hired for, we'd not be in the mess
What's behind door # 3 who cares? You're better chancing
Nothing is much better than our POTUS is romancing
And if this does not kill us all, will we have learned our lesson?
Let's call elected to the mat and make them start confessin'
Hear me true and hear me strong, this carnage could go on for long
Won't go away with just a song, you can't hide stupid with a thong!
In voting booth we change-or not, these leaders useless on the spot
Your vote's the weapon that you've got, help change begets into begot
If your still alive on voting day don't waste that vote nor throw away
Vote out the deadbeats where they lay, let's make it safe for straight and gay
Transgenders and the in betweens the Foreign students with their dreams
No one's safe from this loser team, United States ripped at it's seams
Covid should not turn our heads, nor should the lies our leaders said
If we don't die tonight in bed, please go to vote out talking heads
It's only started yes, that's true, let's wait and watch them nothing do
A challenge, yes, for me and you...
remember love will us get thru
~The End~ (perhaps, with new leadership)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trying Times
by B A Wellman March 26, 2020
When you can't find the forest because of the trees
If you can't find your God when your down on your knees
Hope, faith and charity never charge fees
Yourself is the one you should work hard to please
Sometimes a heart needs to break out and cry
Why exists in our culture such a threatening divide?
Makes us, one by one, want to run off and hide
We need all hands on deck, advice please abide
Love can't exist, if we don't all chip in
Together we're strong and together we win
So together we're all gonna toughen our skin
Together, resilient like the man made of tin
Just like that man, please don't let your parts rust
Keeping oil can handy, right now, is a must
Take care of yourself while our nation is trussed
Assisting the sick, old and young now a must
Toss out all your bias, become color blind
More than one nations snared up in this bind
Eliminate fear and you too might find
The shocking truth of just what comes from "kind"
Some of us bend and that helps us to thrive
But some of us break, when our leaders connive
Your neighbor is hungry so don't food deprive
Hording it all won't help, helpless survive
If just one person wins, then the rest of us lose
Take command now, while our leaders all snooze
Don't burn your brain out obsessing on news
Happy winners all will win, sorry losers all lose
Love's never wrong just like hate's never right
If you have a soft pillow think on it tonight
Some sleep in doorways, others give up the fight
Don't reduce have and have nots to just black and white
Hard times seem like "you" and "them", remember don't divide
Multiply your happiness, out on your rainbow ride
Add time to smell the roses, sweet, and please don't take a side
Subtract the Tempest in the room, humanity will thrive
Danger breeds in whispered lies, so speak up loud and clear
There's never been a better time to conquer ethnic fear
Love your fellow man as well, then hold your loved ones near
Buck up cowboy.... tow line, this path was never clear!
Hatred only breeds the worst, love always breeds the best
Don't gossip, just tell facts my friend, when hope is put to test
Keep faith alive, you just might do, much better than the rest
Resilient attitude you need, to feather your own nest
Are we too blind the light to see?
Luck living in the land of free
Life gave each soul no gaurentee
Singing words of wisdom..... Let It Be
Even kids know right from wrong
So take my cue and play along
Blow some bubbles, sing your song
Make happy times your mind belong
Don't heed advice where lies do lurk
Comes words of warning with this work
Truth is truth, truth never jerks
It's time to cash in all our perks
We'll get thru this, and with our peers
Give help you can and share fate's tears
Hold on tight till a better time nears
If you've better advice...
then I'm all ears!
Citation
Wellman, B. A., “Thoughts from a 70 year old Disabled Veteran,” How's Your Week Going?, accessed April 16, 2024, https://howsyourweek.omeka.net/items/show/9.