Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

When at first I was introduced to it...
I must admit,
I felt bare and naked.
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If you want to wear those shoes,
Put them on.
There is no agreement of purposes,
In the first place.
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'Mister Pertillar,
Based upon your 'experience'...
What makes you qualified,
To fly a 747? '
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Let's be honest about this.
The one true enemy we have,
Is our self obsession.
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The choice to accept a common belief,
And not the work of research.
Has left so many in dire straits.
They who have chosen concepts...
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South Padre Island,
Ranks among the best.
South Beach,
And those along Key West...
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You wish to simmer in a love you missed.
And believing it can be delivered,
Without a chemistry
That attracts!
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Please do not dismiss me.
Or the approach,
I have chosen to get closer.
I am not professional at this.
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Those ungrateful,
And living to inflict sins upon one another...
Are soon to discover,
Much more than just discomfort.
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In 1952...
I took my first steps on a stage.
The Bushnell Memorial Auditorium...
As it was called in those days.
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