Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Unforgettable conscious actions,
Forgiven with time...
But not from a mind erased.
As those memories come with intent to retrace,
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A return to relive,
A yesterday gone...
Is not going to 're-happen'.
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You want me to create for you a job?
So you can do what?
Pester me about your lunch breaks?
Make personal phone calls at my expense?
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I agree!
The root of our canals,
Although similar...
May be deeper than the other.
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Even in the midst,
Of being presented with their failures...
They have become stubbornly defensive.
As if there is an obligation for them,
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Giving up is hard to do.
Even for those who walk away.
Convinced that this is what they've done.
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If it becomes acknowledged,
You are that one who gives unconditionally.
And can be depended upon to do it,
As if you have no other reason to live...
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I hate it when I am approached,
By anyone who tries to tell me...
I have unmatched sox on.
Or that my untied shoes,
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Beginning to feel the strain,
From the same campaigns.
And up and down the river,
The pollution still flows.
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