Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

My grandmother told me about,
That 'adult' movie you made...
Over 40 years ago.

'Oh?
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I can expect a stubbornness to be accepted,
By a parent experiencing a child growing up...
Who has yet become an adult.
I threw one or two tantrums myself,
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Choose to keep it open.
Your mind.
Choose to keep it positive,
All of the time.
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It's warming in the Spring and budding begins.
The air is freshened as the Winter ends.
And...
I hear the chirping of the birds.
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Be happy. Be basic. Be you.
That's it.
And if you want a banana split?
Get it.
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The more one does for others,
The more that level of expectation increases.
People are seldom satisfied by that which is given.
Especially if it has been received without effort.
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Conceit,
And the explicit unconsciousness of it.
Is not noticed by those seeking adulation.
They are on the scene,
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If everything had been given to him,
As has been rumored and believed.
Where did he obtain that work ethic from?
And how was that achieved?
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I use to believe,
Those deluded by fantasy...
Were the ones that had 'the problem'.
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