Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

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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You can not tell people
Who have been trapped and raise on crap.
That they are also ignorant, fat and lazy!
Since those that are...
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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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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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'Are you wasting your life? '
How would anyone know?
If you have decided to find it worthless.
If you have defined it...
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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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If there is anyone seeking,
Anything in my life to taint?
I'll be the first to say...
A saint I ain't!
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