Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Seeking popularity.
An attention to get it.
Is a journey one commits,
To satisfy a taste one has craved.
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Put them in a uniform.
Performing service for somebody else.
Who treats them mean.
And disrespects.
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We find more time everyday,
To use and waste it.
Then complain.
About not finding enough time,
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No matter how important,
A message is to deliver it.
The less significant it becomes.
If delivered more than once.
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How true is truth true?
One has to observe it.
And not fear to see it up close.
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If peace to keep it,
Felt to feel within oneself.
And inside one's home.
There would be little need,
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Those of us unafraid to admit,
We have aged along with times...
That seem to have slipped quickly,
Through our youthful fingertips.
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Those moments most remembered best.
Seem to be those spontaneous.
Done to do without announcement.
And caring less how one is dressed.
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Meaningless.
Decisions made too late.
Too late to save their importance.
In arguments to defend,
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Success achieved.
Often is in the eye of the beholder.
Seldom in the eye to behold,
Are rolled up sleeves.
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