Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Does it really matter anymore.
Does it.
Does it really matter anymore.
Does it.
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More boring to become ignored,
Is truth produced with honesty.
That supported evidence to validate,
Corroborated corruption done.
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There are those who have a need,
To brag and boast about their abilities.
Mostly embellished to exaggerate.
And accomplished usually unwitnessed.
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It is not wanted.
Yet appears, of course...
With no one to notice,
The time it took...
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Most seem stunned.
And observed to be running away.
From that yellow brick road.
Once crowded by those,
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This process has progressed,
Far beyond the gossip stage.
And with evidence not confessions made.
For those who know,
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Tolerable...
Forgivable obscenities.
And outspoken exploits,
Embellished as if...
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More high on new lows.
Has begun to show,
The accepted depths...
Those are willing to go.
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What is success?
That to debate,
Will always be left...
To perception.
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Is it possible that an achieved fantasticness,
Will ever be accredited to the one who has introduced it?
Or will those remain to connect a dollar from it to lift.
In declarations they've originated,
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