Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I understand where you are going with this.
I even understand,
Why you might want this addressed.
But understanding 'you'...
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It's not that I stay away and cleared,
From people who have acquired and obtained,
A sustained and maintained hold that is loved...
Onto their treasured bling and things.
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Which people are quick to dismiss substance?
Seems to be always the ones,
Who choose to remain prepared to re-act...
To comments made they find offensive.
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I try to refrain from making public,
My 'dated' observations.
Or make them sound as if I campaign,
For a return of accountability...
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If people say they are willing,
To speak to those prepared to listen...
Why do they make it difficult,
For the ones who have made it clear...
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If I was the one who had been considerd the joke,
Why am I the only one that is laughing?
Has it been discovered,
That my sense of humor matters too?
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The only way there is,
To defend against those...
Who show they can be treacherous,
Is to pretend you have been...
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Don't worry.
I wont be the one to let you down.

'But...
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Sometimes it is better to leave a truth observed,
To go unnoticed.
With a keeping of one's peace of mind preserved.
Especially if the appearance of truth,
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Diffuse it.
Refuse immediately to be teased.
Recognize when you are being baited.
And do not premeditate,
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