Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

What am I out to prove?
What would make you think,
I am out to prove something?
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Pressing forward with ways more reflective,
And determined to keep...
With a 'probable' consideration to change.
When the time permits.
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I have things to lament.
You have things to lament.
I refuse to lament.
But, you stay glued to sentiments,
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To no one's surprise,
The 'fly-by-nights' regurgitate...
For notoriety purposes that is plagiarized.
Believing what they add to discovery is originality.
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If I didn't provide you with munchies,
You wouldn't find a munch to crunch.
You would complain about the labor.
That it takes for you to make your lunch.
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I got it...
The first time.
I got it...
The second time.
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With the greatest of effort,
They've accomplished defeating...
The ones selected,
To prevent any success...
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Being in it and not of it,
Can still nibble away at one's gut.

Being distant and cut off from it,
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I've got to be in a wrong state of mind,
If I find the act of self aggrandizement...
A sign the reflects one's self centeredness.
And by design others give attention to this.
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The accomplishments,
Of that which has been achieved...
Is better served with observation.
Than by a spotlighted podium,
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