Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Changes you envision,
To include a perceived diversity.
Like a window dressing all can see.
By removing a fence.
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One will never be able to feel secure,
Or be free to express an identity found...
If one is incapable of breaking away,
From the opinions of others being made.
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Instead of ensuring each step they placed,
Had been taken to prevent...
A losing of identities to keep intact,
They chose not to do that.
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A population teased to feed the opulence,
Of a few praising to worship...
The benefits of kept decadence,
Can be directly accredited to their obsessions...
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No one,
Invited to come into my home...
Will disrespect my environment,
Or me.
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Discussing with anyone,
What I perceive to be an obstacle...
Or is on my path to block in opposition,
To do with an understanding I comprehend...
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Assuming to know someone,
Without the benefit of taking the interest...
Of knowing who one is,
When given the opportunity to do this...
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What and who are they looking for,
Outside of their own backyards?

'The neighborhood association,
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She lied and he knew it.
Instead of admitting this,
She continued to convince...
Others he was crazed,
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The pretending of being offended,
To convince others...
They too should defend,
What someone else has said about them...
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