Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

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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You wish to simmer in a love you missed.
And believing it can be delivered,
Without a chemistry
That attracts!
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South Padre Island,
Ranks among the best.
South Beach,
And those along Key West...
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Get out of my face!
You have convinced my own flesh and blood,
To erase a closeness.
To become replaced...
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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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Monkeys don't do hula hoops.
Unless they've been smoking weed,
Grown on the hills of the Himalayas.
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I touch.
I feel.
I see.
And I appreciate my life.
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You wish to strum my strings,
To pluck my heart of its emotions.
As if to bring...
Upon my ears sentiment.
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So sad are they with minds limited.
They had paid to obtain an intelligence...
But leave schools degreed,
Without one hint...
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