Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Depending upon unreliable sources,
To validate and spread...
Unsubstantiated information,
That character assassinates...
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They weren't interested in achieving the best.
They were more focused upon undoing those,
With tests and obstacles to ensure they'd be stressed.
Hoping to prevent their involvement to encourage others,
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With a focused and fixed emphasis,
Place upon trivia to determine it has significance...
To prioritize as the meaning of life,
Embedded in the minds as a purpose to define...
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To what purpose...
Would obtaining a Doctorate's Degree,
Serve me?
To prove I have an expertise?
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No!
It's not 'A'.
Neither is it 'B' or 'C'.
And...
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A dignifying of a known decadence,
To adorn and dress to impress...
In a suit and tie may to many make sense.
Since...
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Would a life lived on Mars,
Have entitlements.
And demands for benefits.
Would there be conflicts,
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Oh. Oh. Oh...
Efficacies effective leaving,
Those who...
Feel this with emotions ceased.
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From the moment you began to knit,
A defeating of my existence...
To ensure from where you sat,
I would hear you 'hiss'.
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You ask...
How has my perception changed?
Over the years,
I've endured...
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