Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

'Did you not say this was undiscovered,
Fresh dirt?
This is the same dirt that has been here for years.
What is so unique about it? '
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Did you think I came to you,
To tenderize the moment?
I didn't come for that.
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On the streets they enjoy playing,
Their thuggish games!
Trained to be subservient
To a life that obeys breaking laws,
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Wanting...
With deepening needs,
That haunt me.
No one suspects,
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Poetry...
A craft,
Much like that
Of a mason laying bricks.
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I'm going to sweep you up in my arms,
With a thrust unknown to you.
Overpowering all of your objections,
With a gushing love I have that's true!
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She had bigger gonads than Goliath!
Oh yes she did!
She introduced me to her boyfriend.
And I was living still at the crib!
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We have terrific news to announce this morning!
According to our 'Get Off Your Ass Index'...
Or as we affectionally have come to call it,
The GOYA! ...'Go-YEAH' for those of you
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Life is a dance.
And on this Earth
Those steps take place!
Some with rhythm...
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Being alone is not half bad
Once you've been 'I.D.-ed'
Crazy and mad!
And watching others go into mental fits.
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