Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

To package anything,
To attract and sell...
Entertain and seduce.
Takes skill.
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Anyone believing,
A sustained career in the performing arts is easy...
Hasn't done it.
Or could if they tried.
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My romance is not hard or odd.
Since I've got it to give.
It's here for you...
And it lives.
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When you have learned,
You cast your own shadow.
And you then lift your head towards the Sun,
To notice none.
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Have I 'ever' lied or cheated?
Under what?
Hypnosis?
An array of xrays?
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To do today.
What is right.
And the ethical thing to do.
Has become so hysterical for some.
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When her mind's made up,
She doesn't fuss...
Or cry!
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I miss the intimacy.
But I do not miss the secrecy,
You use to keep your thoughts from me.
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Online quietly with a fantasy pimp!
The children are asleep and the spouse
On another business stint!
Naked and feeling sensual,
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The night was young,
And crisp...
With the sound of crickets!
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