Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Doesn't it seem rather strange and unbelievable,
That those who proclaim loudly with attention to get...
Whether in conversations with people on the streets,
Or hob-nobbing in community activities...
...

It's out there exposed and revealed.
And within reach,
For anyone seeking it to get what is needed.
Now...
...

I have learned one thing about kept preferences.
If they are not preferred by others,
With priorities of their own?
Those preferences kept,
...

For those who decide,
What it is they'd like to do for themselves...
With a doing 'they' approve to improve,
And with a motivation they have initiated.
...

Making choices with decisions made,
Including faith and truth that's faced...
Seldom leaves one regretting this action done.
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Racial epithets.
Addressed to express and with effect.
Well...
Who let these kids back in the schoolyard?
...

Demons don't have to be adorned with horns
They can look as sweet as they choose.
And many do...
Choose.
...

Take this.

'And do what with it?
What is it? '
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Every step I have come to place,
I have consciously known of their taking.
For anyone to perceive,
I have been absent with my senses on leave...
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Suddenly you're there...
In my heart.
In my heart as if,
You had 'always' been there.
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