Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Loose lips juiced,
Are quick to share...
The toxic drippings licked,
With others to confirm...
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A persistent unrelentlessness,
Is just that.
Without looking back.
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Show me those tired, sick and poor.
Then tell me convincingly,
Who was it that decided...
They should be left ignored.
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Unfortunate,
The reality seen.
Yet it's presence continues,
To be discredited and denied.
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Opportunities are there.
And often unannounced.
To declare that's what they are.
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'Harvesting a pity decreases peace.'

A keeping of a biasness,
In inner cities to infest.
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I don't do well faking.
Or pretend feelings I have,
To express...
Reflects my acceptance.
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Common or not.
These days to repeat.
Senseless violence.
Increasing on the streets.
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Life to live is like,
Being in the midst of a festival.
An ongoing circus.
In which anything goes,
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We do ourselves the injustice.
When a looking away from misdeeds.
We do ourselves the injustice.
Just to please,
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