Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

The obvious contradicted.
Never has the attention given,
To it...
Failed to be disputed.
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Nothing is there,
Anyone could possibly say.
To defend an act,
Meant to intend it.
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People who have mastered,
The art of stealing.
Claiming ownership.
Of whatever is stolen.
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Evaporate from us...
Desires fed.
Now lifted and vaporized,
Into oblivion.
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I'm hurting.
And all I am expected to show for it,
Is a stiff upper lip.
And unknown courage.
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Love comes to some,
And stares them in the face.
It is not recognized for what it is...
And quickly it becomes replaced.
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So right you are.
When you say to me,
I don't know you.
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Minds like that...
Have been poisoned for so long.
And for all the wrong reasons,
They would rather keep their sights...
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Incubated sensations begin to breathe breath.
The taste of temptation,
Comes with the birth that one gets...
Upon the teasing fields,
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You say you want to see my face,
Before we meet each other for a date.
It will not be 'blind'...
Both of our eyes will be opened wide!
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