Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

If anyone decides they'd like to get immediate feedback,
As to how their investment has progressed...
They need not look any further,
Than to the activities of their children.
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When in the making of attempts,
With intentions that had been premeditated.
What point is being made,
By the one deciding to provide a better attempt,
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I have not been taught by anyone,
To live a life prioritized in the acquiring of things...
Without striving to succeed in making an achievement.
And...
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I like it when it is perceived of me,
I am reluctant to compete.
Although I am not one to solicit competitions,
I had been secretly chosen as the one to beat.
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I can not wait until,
You permit to say okay...
With a giving of a hug.
Or a kiss.
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I often wondered what my life would be like,
If I had the luxury of being protected.
With a sheltering from harm,
Every step of the way.
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If you have that look as if you are 'up' to something,
And people are suspicious of you.
Do not be offended.
You may be one of few,
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Diversion.

Look...
Over there!
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I too could carry around a list of tragedies.
A long one.
But...
To prove what to who and why?
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You don't want to catch me in a mood that's going on,
'Cause...
I can be a trip.
And I know it too...
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