Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Someone has to be held responsible,
For allowing people to make wrong decisions.
Someone has to be held accountable,
For allowing people to dismiss their values.
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If I get upset.
Regret those limits met.
In my mind am I...
My,
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Folks do not know what is going on!
They don't.

Walking around with their heads hanging down.
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Life, liberty and...
And?
No-no-no.
Let there be liberty...
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Because you don't sit drinking vodka,
With a twist of lemon peel.
Or a dry martini...
Doesn't mean to me,
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Winning races,
Use to mean...
A change of pace,
Of those high stakes placed...
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No one has the right to lie.

'My wholesome innocent consciousness.
Beaming with the hopefulness...
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The stripping of humanity.
And feeding of indignities.
No choice is left.
And none perceived.
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How can one tell a people,
Accustomed to feasting...
The ending of the feast,
Approaches with the upcoming dawn?
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Sex, religion...
Seethed,
In an assortment of dysfunctional relationships.
Some discreet.
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