Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

People who believe they can erase,
What they have come to face on a daily basis...
And not dissect to self exam their routines and rituals,
But expect their denials kept does not affect...
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They want the freedom to purchase guns.
But don't want a firing range to be built near them,
Feeling restrictions to them will come.

They want the criminals arrested,
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Don't let your loving baby cry,
Or tears stain on their cheeks.
Don't you let your loving baby cry,
Or leave them alone to weep.
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Coverups, excuses made and deceit.
If I am not mistaken,
We all were told...
The curriculum would be changing,
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Last night...
I whipped up something,
To quench my appetite.
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If there is anything to learn,
As inhabitants on this Earth.
There is much 'to' learn...
As inhabitants on this Earth.
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As strange as my name...
I can't describe this feeling.
I can't declare it stays the same.
This feeling does not linger.
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Don't you talk about people,
With venom in your mouth...
Until you know the facts.
With just the facts you talk about.
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Remembering when things,
Had a control and purpose...
I once believed had everlasting meaning.
And with them my life by others was received,
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Tomorrow for me has yet to come,
To commit with definite certainty...
What it is I will do,
To have it done with a guarantee.
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