Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

By the time most have decided,
To appreciate what to them comes...
Without strings attached,
It has already been enjoyed by someone,
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Congratulations.
I see you have added a new submission.

'Yes I did.
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Frazzled by the foolishness turned on,
And the quality that's gone...
As the people try to pawn,
All their values quick.
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I remember those days,
When people volunteered their services...
Without getting paid. This was a civil duty,
Just to keep their neighborhoods...
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I have finally seen the light.
And the error of my ways.

'Congratulations.
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Life,
Is what we make it.
But some will sit,
To see life as a riddle.
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Too blind to recognize.
No one really knew,
Who they saw on a regular basis.
And this was not encouraged,
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The premise is there,
Based upon certain assumptions...
To us given.
Although the promise to deliver,
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On that avenue where your heartbreak is chased,
I follow you with wishes,
All your bitter kept feelings from you...
Fades away.
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I wish I had advice to give,
To anyone that might ask for it.
And that I myself,
In my past had accepted,
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