Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

You...
Still carry your bruises.
But you must get healed quick,
And go through,
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A shake up caused by all Earthquakes,
Removes the comfort...
Of any settled dust that has created rust,
That supports a false trust...
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In a request to be left alone,
Is often demanded by one who contradicts.
I have made similar comments myself.
To only annoy someone,
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Few have expectations,
To become an effective human.
Many are scavengers seeking to feed.
And deeds done for others,
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Several years ago,
If I had witnessed a guy...
With hair longer than my sister's.
And he wore earrings and fingernail polish...
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It is not easier to dismiss a fool,
Than it is to ignore foolish comments made...
By a low grade idiot,
Diguised as someone wise.
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Aging from inside this shell I drive,
I see the outside slowly slipping away...
For those youthful expressions I made,
That were quickly on display...
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Some do their 'ooohhhs and aaahhhs'
Over the appearance of things.
With a caring less of content.
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The only satisfaction that arrives for some,
Is acknowledging the time...
When detachments are needed,
And have to come...
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Some years ago,
I was told by someone...
Lacking 'self' consciousness,
That my adding an 'S' to my name...
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