Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Patient.
To a fault...
One can be patient.
And even when verbally assaulted,
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What has Television Done?

'Created a whole new awareness.
And introduced the keeping of delusions.'
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Repeatedly disbelief is expressed.
Although...
The presence of police,
Has increased to address...
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If I had stayed afraid,
To walk upon paths unpaved...
I wouldn't today be able to express a gratefulness.
Or identify a faith that has kept me blessed.
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Sparring to keep insults tossed,
Back and forth as if done...
In a game of ping pong or tennis,
Benefits no one.
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Branding burns.
With a doing to leave centuries,
Of minds singed and scarred.
Never to mend again to pride an identity.
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You say you want the weight you carry gone.
Yet you turn around to put that weight back on.
With the missing of it craved,
Like an addict needing a fix...
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I stay prepared and ready,
To bring you to those depths...
Of emotions you had not yet felt.
Or...
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I do not take without giving.
Nor do I receive without gratitude!
For anyone to believe,
These traits are not a mandate from God,
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I get to be who it is I am...
After digesting suggestions,
And recommendations
I protested.
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