Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I can be lofty and mentally detached.
But with you?
I find no need for that.
I only want to be for you accessible.
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Even one's desire to have sex,
With a naturalness that attracts...
Has become a topic of political correctness.
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If people listened to comprehend,
With an understanding to exchange...
There would be fewer people observed,
Using an assortment of crutches...
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Doing what it takes to feel one's best,
Is 'not' something one adopts to do...
To get the attention.
Misconceptions about that are taught to those,
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Stay away from those who try to reduce,
Your experiences to their limited point of view.
They will attempt to discredit what it is you have done,
Because you have made a life lived to them look easy.
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To retire from one activity,
To do nothing with another done..
Is something many may boast about.
But a life lived never stops the doing of it,
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I shy away from advising with advice to give,
To anyone.
I have too many bruises,
From knocking my head up against walls.
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If anyone follows another,
To the edge of a cliff...
And claim not to know it?
Either has done it prepared,
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Don't you find it odd,
You can remember everything...
I have ever done to you,
That offended.
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Where is your prized horse?
The one that leads the pack,
Whenever I am on the track...
Just to practice.
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