Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Pretentions seldom correct mistakes.
Often it takes a facing of them,
To admit they exist.
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She's a grown woman.
And for me the believing of it,
Seemed to have happened...
As I kept her in my mind for a very long time,
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It is what it is!
If an honesty wanted is wished to be witnessed.
And regardless if facts are pushed aside to 'diss',
With a purpose to prevent that by those who deny...
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The only thing needed for you to give up,
Is...
That sleaze.
Your sleaze,
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This season is the best.
With gifts to give and get.
Heard are voices singing,
Carols, hymns as bells ring...
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It is not unusual to hear from those,
Climbing up from out of crevices...
Or from behind cemented walls,
To volunteer unsolicited comments...
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A smoozed and glamorized depiction of life,
Doesn't make the reality of living it any sweeter.
Especially for those awakening to discover,
Those good old days when pinching pennies...
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Stop crawling to the middle of it.
To prove to anyone you are confident.
Don't be that dude,
To become the one who's battered.
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No decade will 'ever',
Come close to what the 70's...
Exposed to implement,
With a diversity to create.
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Unfortunate it is in todays' climate,
In which fences and bridges are being renovated...
To dismiss divisions and biases,
That there are people who still interpret...
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