Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

'Do you want this?
Come and get it.'

I slept with dreams.
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For eight years,
One man was allowed...
To strip them bare of their principles.
Leaving them naked of values.
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How proud of themselves can someone actually be?
If someone else is observed displaying,
A courage with strength and identity.
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The economy is strong!
However...
We are in need of a least two trillion dollars,
To avoid any delusions we might encounter...
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I would not be the one to suggest,
That the Earth is a living and breathing entity.
Superior in thought than mankind will ever be.
No.
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Are you trying to fit in,
To a box crumbling into pieces?
And all that you wish,
Is to have things done your way?
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Why don't you see me hanging in the streets?
Or at the local clubs,
Milling through a crowd of people...
With a drink or two,
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And now...
The clean up!
Like none ever done.
Some will not be in it for the healing of it!
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The younger generation,
May reflect unacceptable behavior.
And with language that disrespects,
Those composed with proper etiquette.
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Anyone believing my creativity,
I do not take seriously...
Would have to take the 61 years,
Of my active and documented participation...
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