Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

More to receive and get.
With less complaining about,
What is given not to earn.
Yet entitled to expect,
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Reality to witness it.
Affecting effectively,
With it known to feel.
And embraced to see.
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Further to be tarnished.
Is the image given to prestige.
And the pretentiousness,
Of kept etiquette.
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Close shut all doors.
On those befores.
This? Is after.
After the nonsense has passed.
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There are times,
When one's best to give.
Shown to another done to do.
Is not enough to express appreciation.
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When did it become a necessity,
To start an argument with someone...
About what it is that is missed.
To prioritize and try to convince,
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More publicly are proving themselves fools.
And doing this in positions to represent,
Constituents of all demographics.
Coming to their defense.
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When someone stops trying to explain,
What does not or will not make sense...
To someone else.
Maybe they should listen and ask why,
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The majority.
Those of the status quo.
Seeking to preserve the state of affairs.
Put into place some time ago.
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The only way to know love,
Is to have love to give.
Anyone looking for something,
To claim it wished to get.
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