Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

You want to show and deliver to me a cold shoulder?
Go right ahead.
I can reveal to you someone,
Who will shut you off into a permanent freeze.
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Birth certificate aside.
When did one's birth certificate,
Qualify them with competence?
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Who me?
I never thought I was the cheese.
Whether cheddared or sharp.
OR flavored filled crisp dipped chips...
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There is nothing like a crisis,
To crave to munch as a breakfast treat.
There is nothing like an invited crisis,
To awaken and greet...
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The increasing costs of one's higher education,
Provides 'what' as a guarantee?
Intelligence?
Common sense?
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I admit it,
I love you.
But what I did not commit to...
Was a lifetime of playing,
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You want a return done to what you miss,
Don't you?
A return to ideals of prosperity.
The kind that dismisses...
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What institutions do you have left,
That are steadfast and valid?

Hmmm,
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Why are you in such a hurry?
Where are you going?
What happened?
You look as if you have seen a ghost!
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Meeting you that first time,
Many years ago...
I thought you had it going on.
And you thought the same of me.
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