Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Why are those willing to keep others informed,
With the goings on they should embrace...
Are often the ones who ultimately find themselves,
Faced by those who despise them outright...
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I don't know why it should now come,
To bother me.
That so many believe,
They've been given a license...
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From the shores of Danish harbors,
I live my Viking past.
And I hear the words of my father saying...
'You are not pure.
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It's hard to disapprove someone determined.
Someone like that,
Is not easily swayed to be steered off track.
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She wanted to appear to others,
She had it together.
And was in complete and total control.
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It is easy for anyone,
Not sitting in a hot seat...
To accuse someone for not doing something,
Believed that should be done overnight.
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I awakened no longer beholdened,
To those emotional traps.
The kind that others leave,
With expectations...
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There is nothing like a deceiver,
Who will attempt to have others believe...
They had contributed something done,
By a stealing from someone else...
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Oh I know I can write some horrible stuff.
Written horribly to satisfy those horrible,
Seeking to be horrified.
And that is the reason...
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How quick some people are,
To excuse those who abuse others...
By comments said to be made out of context.
And ready they are to protect and defend them.
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