Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I had heard them in the distance,
Defining for themselves...
Beliefs to accept.
And within my heart,
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I have never understood,
Those who pay to sit in classrooms...
Refusing lessons to them given.
To then declare what is being taught,
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It has always been puzzling for me to see,
Those who have trash loads of garbage...
Piled into heaps in their backyards.
Who seem to be the first to protest in the streets,
...

Choosing to dismiss warnings,
With comments made and the giving of clues...
There will be many who will stay defiant,
In the keeping of their false beliefs.
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We have tried everything in our power,
To ween them away from gluttony...
And their feelings of being entitled,
To devour selfishly...
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Unfortunately,
One's intelligence used as a means...
To prove a respecting of a thought process,
Would one day catch on as popular to manifest...
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The more attention they are given,
With a microphone to moan into...
To declare in announcement of their wounds.
Would lead anyone to think when observing this act,
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You say I should spend my time,
Around those I know have wasted mine...
And used theirs in the act of deceiving others?
I...
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Only those who have become fed up with ignorance,
Are they who first to make attempts to quench their thirst...
With a feeding that begins to attract them to wisdom.
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So...
While the children were sleeping,
Snug in their beds...
A fat man dressed in a red suit,
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