Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

It is not that I am against relationships.
I am just one taught to be cautious.
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You want anyone.
Someone,
To occupy that void felt inside.
Left in your life.
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Feeling in a.
Rendezvous mood.
Feeling a bit desperate about it too.
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There is no need to make apparent,
An avoidance of me.
All that is done is an asistance,
To remove needless debris
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Children are failing at an alarming rate,
In public schools.
They can neither read nor write.
Quote or recite,
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May I ask a question?
'Sure.'
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You and me, baybee
We know what this is about!
We know what the ends and outs are
Of this love affair,
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Carrying someone else's baggage,
Is not my assignment.
And 'if' you have found it has become yours
Request another mission.
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One who has no desire to initiate a kindling,
Of a fire
To bring or stimulate pleasure to another.
But has an expectation on an ongoing basis,
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I once had a fool tell me,
There was nothing intentional...
By using my name fraudulently.
And representing me...
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