Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Why are you looking so ecstatic?

'This is the first time in history,
They can not blame anyone for their foul ups.
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Why are people so upset about their way of life collapsing?
Even someone feeding at a feast,
Should become tired of their gluttony.
And those who ate...
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A bail out administered...
To end what?
An economy based upon temptation,
And lust that feeds unending greed?
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Ridiculous?
I know.
But somehow that is less disturbing,
Than an abnormal existence...
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If given a voice attention to listen...
Ears open with silent lips,
May hear with an understanding...
That which has eclipsed,
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Strangers!
Come before the darkness of night,
Crawls.
As twilight escorts the rising moon!
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From the bottom to the top I give it!
Beginning from a structure started solid.
Making sure each step...
Has been given a concrete-ness.
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Let them trip over revisited dismisses.
Since falling down presents fresh excuses.
To maim the mental state of minds...
Hoping a delivery of a clarity to find.
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Sitting on a tree stump,
Trying to hide the lump of pain...
Felt inside.
I discovered her on the hillside crying.
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Wishing a thing to exist.
And exclaiming to others that it does...
Does not bring it life.
It may bring it to lips quick.
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