Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Better to dream,
Whatever it is bigger to get.
And lesser will be the disappointment.
When that dream arrives.
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Many can vote.
And be provoked to do it done.
To predict and suggest,
A landslide victory to come.
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No deposit.
No return.
None should be expected.
Yet protesting many do.
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Peaceful.
No uninvited agitating conflicts.
Arguments avoided.
To notice when they begin.
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A past to have lived it,
Is a past to have gone.
To no one coming back.
The 'should of, could of' wishers,
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Regardless of the changes,
Complaints will be heard.
To remain the same.
From those who find comfort,
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For too long kept prolonged,
Your intentions to make right...
Has only created,
The doing of more wrongs.
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With effort to endeavor,
A better way to do what one does.
Seems more to invite,
The passing of judgement.
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It is no longer regarded,
As ignorance or stupidity.
When it becomes to be,
A way of life.
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"Listen.
Ssshhh. Did you hear that?

-No.
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