Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Upon this journey that we labor,
With sacrifices done.
Can we afford to stop and languish,
Satisfied some battles fought have been won?
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What is report?
Report is established,
Not demanded.
Seduction to manipulate
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You must be channeling a fool,
If you expect I should converse with one.
There is nothing 'upstairs' in your head,
If you think your masquerade is fun!
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Why are you riding,
My back like a flea?
The only thing missing,
Is a harnessed saddle secured on me.
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Imus tells you...
Ignorance is not bliss.
Imus says to you now,
Some stench has got to quit.
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I must show no love has been lost.
I must conceal a fragmented heart.
I must...
And at all cost!
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Sprung into Spring,
With Fireflys remembered
And mosquitos kept at bay
By scented charcoal mists.
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I'm just a 'deliveree'
Of what comes to be wished
To be represented in my mind.
At the time.
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'I thought you said all of you were together? '

We were.
Years ago we thought we knew one another.
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Can a mess long unaddressed be corrected?
How creative will the undertaking of that task become?
In a place in which reality has been nonexisting...
Who's vision will produce a concrete foundation?
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