Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I've been connected!
To every aspect of my life.
I myself accepted.
Regardless of who thought that wrong,
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Folks so shallow and low...
You can see right through them.
But they don't know they are shallow and low,
Or the damage done to their illegitimate children.
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You had life so easy...
You thought you were the chips and cheese.
And you mocked,
Those who were not!
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There is no crayon box,
To select which colors
I should use to connect dots
Of your desires.
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Touch me in those places.
An invitation you do not need.
Haven't our eyes met to express...
What it is we wish to happen next?
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You say I have been harsh and critical,
Aloof and seem to be unreasonably embittered.
You also make claims I have been unapproachable,
And that my actions are more like a quitter.
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When people become offended,
By someone expressing an identity...
There is an acceptance of an unconsciousness,
That has become collectively defended,
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It knows it bites.
But unaware it poisons.
It knows it victimizes.
But unsure why it is despised.
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Some folks don't want to be told the truth.
Even when exposed to it...
They insist it is an evilness,
Coming to destroy their deludeness.
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You knew from the beginning,
This experience would someday end.
And all you have done,
Is to become stunned with the blooming,
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