Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I can not deny an observation seen,
To receive conflicting explanations.
Or a nonsolicited interpretation,
To deceive my own mind...
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Fitting in...
Being accepted!
Not standing out...
So as not to attract attention
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'For clarification purposes...
Let me say this,
I am not an idiot.
Nor have I ever been an idiot!
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Wait a minute!
Hold it a second.
You call yourself 'my' friend?
And you are afraid of your own shadow?
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September approaches.
Laboring its pace,
From the haste of August
Delighting still...
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'You can't expect others to feel,
The same way you feel about what you do! '

Oh!
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Genuine?
I wouldn't use that expression around here.
In fact...
Forget about using it at all.
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I am not here to participate in your nonsense!
Wherever on Earth did you get that idea?
That I treat you with respect,
Does not mean I'm open season
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These touches known,
And felt!
Did not go buried,
With you when you passed.
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It isn't what you think it is.
A somber mood,
To bring with it a flow of tears.
This isn't for you,
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