Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

When I give...
Don't count on it being everlasting.
Unless there is a mutual exchange going on.
I have needs and desires to.
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You declare you are not racist.
I declare I could care less.
My steps I take,
Do not seek your acceptance.
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Bolted deep in it.
With a tightened grip that fits...
To make sure no loose ends would dangle,
From a knit to slip!
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If you are not celebrating,
Yourself...
With pride and dignity.
You have no identity.
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You will not destroy this creation made.
Although you will try with your divisiveness...
To continue with such senselessness.
With proof your hatred,
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Relationships of any kind,
Should be chosen very wisely.

And the older one gets,
...

The path ahead has been cleared,
And they can see again.

Malaised with doubt and fear...
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Championed are trite statements,
Of a dead man treasured...
Who has long been gone!
One who ushered in their downward spiral.
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There are those,
Holding onto false hope...
The days of their materialistic ways,
Will return.
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They can not stand it anymore...
The confrontation with reality.
It is much too big for them to ignore.
And many lay awake restless,
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