Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Hear it with a listening.
First.
Without interrupting.
To then corrupt,
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Peace of mind to keep it.
With happiness to get.
Is not without the labor.
Or sitting back to forget,
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Prayer is not enough.
To keep the presence of truth kept,
Avoided.
Truth!
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Breath gasping.
Appalling and offensive.

Oozing up to surface.
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There it is to claim.
Your life to restart.
There it is to give it a name.
To do and call it what you like.
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How popular is dishonesty?
Dishonesty has become so popular,
That people living in small towns...
Prefer them to be called cities.
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Ethics.
And those rules of law applied to them.
May be heard discussed,
In hallways of prestigious business schools.
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Being made aware.
With a curiosity,
That heightens to brighten enlightenment.
Does not lessen to acknowledge,
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The one thing that troubles,
Control freaks the most.
Is the narrative produced.
Limiting them to a comprehension.
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May those chips of ice,
Carried on your cold shoulders.
While pushing boulders of revenge up a hill.
Give you moments of pause to think.
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