Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

If someone believes,
They can do as they please...
Including be disrespectful,
With a negligence?
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Everytime you have seen me,
You look away.
As if you are the one to chase.
Or begin to play a game...
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There was a time,
When I would lay with mind awake...
And eyes open to contemplate,
My favorite seasons.
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Don't ever use me to lie,
To defend your insecurities.
My integrity,
Is not appreciative of that.
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Those of pretense,
Over exaggerated...
And with embellishments.
Have only one goal in life.
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Assumptions understood,
Hampers an understanding one demands.
Clarity misted in foggy speech...
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Some live to impress...
While others live to express.
Those digesting that which is confessed,
Find themselves on paths paved with concrete!
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It's not unpatriotic,
To take a stand...
Against decaying issues
Affecting your fellowman!
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Declare a national emergency.
Shut a 'normalcy' known all down!
A 'fool' who signs a document...
Will take control of all that is around!
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Those who feast and nest on greed,
You still have time to sacrifice indulgences.
Crimes that led to spread hunger and pain,
Will spare no sympathy in dimensions revealing.
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