No more thoughts run through my head
of killing fields and of the dead.
I have become immune to the suffering
of all the addicts who aren’t recovering.
I immerse myself in fun and games
as I ignore the world as it goes up in flames.
For why should I put forth an effort
when I’d rather traverse a hot and arid desert
than think of man as he withers and dies
from all his atrocities, wars and lies?
No plague could be too severe;
no earthquake would I fear.
For man is the worst landlord.
And upon his death, this world could be restored.
Written by,
Shelby I. Courtland
©2016 Shelby I. Courtland
We all know that ‘man’ is the worst landlord for this planet. For what has man done but his damn best to destroy it?Would that man could destroy himself without destroying what was once a paradise that could have sustained us all. Now, we have greed, hatred, intolerance, endless, senseless wars and fake ass assertions that we are ‘good’ and seek only peace and prosperity for all when nothing could be further from the truth. We shoot each other every single day and if we are not shooting and killing each other in our own neighborhoods, we are suiting up to shoot and kill people in their neighborhoods across the sea and absconding with everything that’s not nailed down. We can’t even contain our arrogance and thirst for blood on a local level; we must spread our evil, far and wide.
I just read that there is an earthquake advisory for Southern California and that the East Coast is under a massive storm watch thanks to Hurricane Matthew and as far as I am concerned, the two should just meet up and put paid to this shithole; once and for all. Wiping AmeriKKKa off the map would go a long way towards restoring this planet to some semblance of what it was before ‘mankind’ decided that bombs and missiles and drones and bullets and wars led to peace, prosperity and freedom. And don’t even bother throwing a fit about all the people that would die if such a calamity struck this shithole because since when have we gave a damn about all the havoc that we have wreaked not only here in AmeriKKKa, but worldwide? Fuck this shithole!
Re-blogging.
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Thank you Lou! I sincerely appreciate it! I was in the midst of responding to a comment from you on another blog post when my computer froze. Good thing I saved it. I’m heading back over to post the response to your, oh so astute observations.
Thanks again Lou!
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A very good point and a great poem, Shelby.
Leslie
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Thanks Leslie! I get so fed up with us so-called ‘humans’ as we drone on and on about freedoms and justice and rights for all when none of the aforementioned can be found; not one drop of any of that can be found in AmeriKKKa but we claim to be filled with ‘exceptionalism’. We are filled with something alright, but it’s certainly NOT ‘exceptionalism’.
Again, I thank you for your comment Leslie.
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I couldn’t agree more!
Leslie
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Great poetic prowess as always…. And just to be specific, the white man is the worst landlord
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Nido, I think that goes without saying. But thanks for clearing that up, just in case. Because I tend to forget that some of my readers may not have more than two brain cells connected because what’s going down should make that point.
And I should not just ‘assume’ that people know something. I should have spelled it out! Again, thanks!
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I’m glad Nido said it. Because if he didn’t I was going to.
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Yeah! Nido usually beats even me to the punch!
I sincerely thank you for your comment.
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” just read that there is an earthquake advisory for Southern California and that the East Coast is under a massive storm watch thanks to Hurricane Matthew and as far as I am concerned, the two should just meet up and put paid to this shithole; once and for all. Wiping AmeriKKKa off the map would go a long way towards restoring this planet to some semblance of what it was before ‘mankind’ decided that bombs and missiles and drones and bullets and wars led to peace, prosperity and freedom. And don’t even bother throwing a fit about all the people that would die if such a calamity struck this shithole because since when have we gave a damn about all the havoc that we have wreaked not only here in AmeriKKKa, but worldwide? Fuck this shithole!”
Amen to that! I feel you on that!
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Thanks Prince! I am in good company! Sorry for the late response. I have just been so busy since moving. Thanks a million, man!
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No problem. You’re very welcome Shelby.
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