Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

People sleep to keep on it...
All their yesterdays they permit.
And...
People sleep to keep on it,
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Don't expect to be welcomed in my backyard,
To disregard my heritage and culture.
That acceptance you will not find.
No matter whose attention you get,
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If you can not accept my point of view...
That's fine.
I am okay with that.
But do not expect me to neglect,
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With a sabotaging done.
And their alibis sold.
Why can't they provide evidence,
To expose with proof...
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Something done you did inside me,
Has a hold and wont go.
And...
I'm left in a hopeless stupor.
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Who is left to decide,
How a normal mind is depicted?
And who is it that would advocate war,
To then say interests on different shores...
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Find everyday something to love.
Even if it's looking at the stars above.

Find everyday something to love.
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I live to touch the stars in the sky!
And nothing that I wish is simulated...
To imitate.
Or have a trace of being emulated...
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If you want to stay on my back like that,
You'll be...
A lover gone.
And if you want to nit-pick with nonstop chat,
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If you want me happy...
You must be domestic,
And not act like a fool.
If you want to be the one loved...
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