Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

There is more nonsense being rejected today,
Than any other time in people's lives.
And this is the very same nonsense once protected,
To defend...
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There is no other way to address truth,
But to be prepared to be stripped naked...
Bare,
With the exposing of every blemish.
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Kept to us most precious,
With claims that remain dear and treasured...
But ironically freed,
From those experiences we had agonized...
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Didn't I tell you not to use,
That kind of language 'inside' this house?

'Yeah, but mommy...
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So small is one pea,
When it is in a soup with nuts.
To distinguish it as being insignificant,
Would depend on who valued the adding of it...
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Suited with blessings I have been,
To live amongst 'my' people.
People others consider to be grassroots,
And by-products of the ghetto.
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'They don't get it.
So it's best to leave them with their wishes.'

If it is their wish,
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Demons needing to feed on negativity,
Eventually devour themselves.
With the hopes that the doing of it,
Will attract those who come to empathize...
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