Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

It doesn't matter where they go.
They will still show they can degrade themselves.
That is the only identity they know.
And those who protect them with excuses...
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It is important to them.
Why aren't you participating?

'It's been important for the past 50 years.
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As described by those who are now mired,
In dire straits.
I am sure the pain felt is real.
I felt the same way about my own.
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He is a far greater man,
Than they have proven themselves to be.
And as a leader...
He does not declared them fools.
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Outdated methods to use conflicts,
As a means to uplift and feed societies has ended.
Rusting weapons have more worth as melting metal.
In these days of dying economies.
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My ears,
At times...
Hear far too much.
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These days I find it exceedingly easy,
To praise you.
My ancestors.
You who have come before,
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Distressing is the truth as it is addressed.
So much of it is exposed.
It no longer has to be debated.
Or baited for confessions to be professed.
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All that 'is'
Will change.
All that 'has'
Will not.
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When I am solicited to share the remedy,
To ease tensions, fear and anxieties of all kinds.
That is what I will pass on as a gift.
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