Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

If there is no true serenity
In the divinity that is being fed,
Or preached.
And it does not release one
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Dismantled.
Out of rhythm is this dance.
An unweaving begins it's shreading,
From the seams.
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Pleasure seeker
Hunting to get 'lucky'
Hoping to pluck someone without scruples.
Hoping to get laid,
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Underloved
Overpained
This is what
My loving gained
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I'm not in need to make love,
To know it.
I did make love and gave it.
And I don't regret heated moments missed,
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Don't act like that,
Don't!
Don't treat me like
You think I need defeating
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An accustomed greed
Did not allow them to consolidate,
With those in need.
Those homeless without shelter.
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I am not like you,
And you are just like that.
How can you demand,
When I've asked from you something?
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The delivery of it,
Wishes to leave a residue.
With a statement thrown away...
Tossed and expected to sit.
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Who decided how we 'should' live,
Is deserved?
And the way we live...
In the pursuit of less conflict,
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