Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

What is all the screaming about?
Aren't they the ones who said,
They wanted less government in their daily affairs?
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I keep reminding myself...
people are where they are in their minds.
In a comfort that appeases.
And seduced to feed,
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Give us,
Time to dignify our own insanities.
Give us...
More than seconds to reflect the steps taken.
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Answers to questions simply asked,
More often than not...
Make less sense.
With an uninvited complexity.
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If decisions are made to slander and libel,
At the expense of someone's reputation.
Anonymously!
And with projected spice.
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Long before you decided,
To gather the nerve to taste...
I had been in preparation.
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There is no such thing as acquiring a quiet notoriety!
None done that goes unnoticed.

It can not be down played by the one who achieves it!
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It is the 'who' in me pursued.
Appearing as I do before you...
Without references!
Either those accepted or dismissed.
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Who am I?
And Why,
Am I attracted...
To that which latches,
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Be you physically freed.
Or mentally tied up trapped in knots.
Encased in invisible limitations...
Viewed from a perspective,
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