Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Can you be cleaned.
To come clean.
And cleansed.
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We all participate,
In the funding of unending rackets.
Schemes to release,
Every dollar from our pockets.
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Thieves of the night.
Wish to shine as bright as stars.
In broad daylight.
As they masquerade their shady ways.
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That which is subjected to objections,
Only becomes scrutinized to dissect and microscoped...
If those evaluating to determine and decide,
Who benefits ultimately.
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Who is it that dares,
To hold others at a higher standard.
Than those they hold themselves.
In a World where daggers are cloaked.
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When one is much younger.
Easy it is,
To have messed up priorities.
With them confused and removed,
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One's own greed,
Can backbite to have them bleed.
And...
One's own selfishness,
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Good deeders chased away.
Are enticed to come back.
As apologies are extended.
Along with homemade welcome mats.
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Complex and sometimes dangerous.
Like people can be.
When out of control.
From a lack of discipline.
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Finally.
Your disbeliefs and denials are gone.
And you have moved on,
To a higher state of consciousness.
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