Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

A diminishing of integrity,
Now gone.
A diminishing of equality,
Now gone.
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If the needs of all people,
Had with persistence been a promise met...
To reflect a sincerity and prioritized as kept,
There would be no homelessness or hunger to regret.
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To wiggle out from under all doubts,
With a hanging them out to dry...
In front of passersby to eye,
Is intended to get attention.
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You've hit me with a magic had,
I needed to feel.
Because it is real,
Together.
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From the very moment they raided the kitchen,
To leave the cupboards and the shelves empty and bare...
Those who had been entrusted,
To oversee the supply in abundance there...
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Socially illiterate,
And using this as a depiction to motivate...
It has become quite refreshing to be ignored by those,
Who have awakened to discover...
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The arguments between those elite,
Are increasingly seen to be amongst themselves.
To keep enriched with a proving of it.

And if the interests of the people is claimed to be 100%?
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An overloading of circumstance,
With a focus dumped on pomp.
And just too much of the poppycock,
That crops up with romancing done...
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Studying to steal from someone,
What they have created and done...
Is not innovation.
It's stealing.
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So basic am I,
My blemishes and flaws...
Have a personality of their own.
They have no fear to appear publicly.
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