Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

The having of common sense has yet to receive,
An honorary degree from any college and/or university...
That has proclaimed to have identified to graduate,
Scholars to present with convincing representation...
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Comebacks are not natural paths to take,
From heartbreak, financial devastation...
Or physical and/or mental debilitation.
It takes a rebirth of some kind no one can define.
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Being aware and observant,
Of one's own environment...
Has its dividends and mental benefits.
With less questions needing to be answered,
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The having of 'things' and possessions to obsess,
Becomes less used an effective objective...
With one's focus primarily is on whom to impress.
Such thoughts to think seem tired and meaningless,
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You've got me programmed like a mindless machine.
Turning off to turn back on...
With a proving to me and others of this seen.
And everybody knows who has my nose wide open.
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No matter how clever one's lies told to tell,
To protect a deception one peceives will sell.
And kept sold to be well hidden to never detect,
The effectiveness of truth...
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The only advice I can give to anyone,
Is not to seek to solicit it.
Or feel a stumbling to fall,
Is not a progressive move.
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To accomplish 'something' to have done,
With a witnessing to see it revealed...
To overcome setbacks and feelings of doubt,
Is 'success' one can express to feel...
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What had been done to disparage,
Someone with a doing and then years ago...
To now be considered a novelty and acceptable,
By those who have witnessed or experienced...
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I often would wonder...
But never stayed in prolonged contemplation,
As to why people would go out of their way...
To make their racist hatred known,
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