Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

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5521.
They Show Up In Droves At Funerals

I know of a place,
Where people know others
By what has been told to them.
People will say, 'Oh, I know 'them'.
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5522.
Not Even For A Hasty Taste

I understand your game too well.
And I don't want to play it.
You say we can rekindle a relationship?
Get over our past mistakes...
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5523.
Topsy-Turvy

They're robbing Peter,
To pay Paul on their debts.
And things are getting out of hand...
To leave some feeling quite upset.
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5524.
No One Has To Know You Are Not Medicated

'Their explanations are totally ridiculous.'

I know it and you know it.
But we are suppose not to show that we know.
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5525.
Miracle On Barbour Street

Quiet.
Peaceful.
And not one syllable,
Of a cuss word heard.
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5526.
Contiguous

Contiguous is this connection meant.
With a weaving embracing an intention,
Of our sentiments.
The only absence felt...
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5527.
These Are The Crazed Days We Live!

You can to yourself,
Believe something is 'not' true.
But you can not openly say,
You believe something 'not' to be true.
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5528.
His Best Qualities

When is a fool a bigger fool than normal?
When he decides being just a normal fool,
Doesn't get quite enough publicity.
And hiding his ignorance,
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5529.
Straight

In a society where everyone has been left bent...
Or crooked by events,
That have shakened them from thoughts...
They were sold and bought,
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5530.
Which One Is Left To Experience Regret?

When one has lived without,
What one has never had to live with...
From the beginning!
It becomes difficult to use that as a weapon,
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