Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Not enough of them can resign.
They have design segregation...
That undermined these troubled times.
And if they leave feeling pleased of their efforts...
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Silence!
That is all that is left,
You now can offer.
Silence!
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When the carnival of carnage ceases.
And the pieces of self righteous egos...
Have been exposed as tremendously ignorant.
I hope forgiveness embraces and heals the pain.
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Militant?
MILITANT? ?
What in the hell does that mean?
When the deeds of my ancestors
...

I 'should' care...
You are limited in awareness?
Yet when I was in despair...
You weren't there at all!
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As I watch beliefs you hold,
Crumble and fall.
It saddens me to know,
Your madness stored
...

Whatever you can not find,
In my heart
To remind you of another!
You have yet to discover me.
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The way You fulfill my needs...
I witness.
Those doubting You,
And insist You do not exist...
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Money can't buy happiness?
I'll be damn...
It's in the wrong hands!
You give yours to me.
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Sometimes I do admit...
That I will soon be 61!
Both stunned and appreciative,
What God has done.
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