Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

It would be great if experience to one came,
Without the sacrificing of time...
To find fault or place blame.
Or the process of feeling some anguish and pain.
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Unforgettable conscious actions,
Forgiven with time...
But not from a mind erased.
As those memories come with intent to retrace,
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A return to relive,
A yesterday gone...
Is not going to 're-happen'.
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You want me to create for you a job?
So you can do what?
Pester me about your lunch breaks?
Make personal phone calls at my expense?
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I agree!
The root of our canals,
Although similar...
May be deeper than the other.
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Is a power taken,
The same as a power given?
And how much power,
Does a power that has been taken have...
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I have instructed someone else,
To play with MY toys!

'Instructed?
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When one is running game,
They seldom show a shame.
There is a name to claim...
When one is running game.
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Not only were they given the keys and the tools,
With delivered messengers...
Giving them the answers to the prayers,
They...
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