Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

What steps have you taken,
To prove that you've made them?

Are the volume of your complaints,
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It is so clear,
What is here!
What is near,
And appears.
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We don't need to fight.
To make a wrong thing right.
We don't have to scream,
To demean.
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Embedded within those self centered mindsets...
Are preconceived judgements.
And indoctrinated at birth...
Are our obsessions with possessions.
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You can not stay in one groove,
If you choose to move.

That groove that is now felt will change.
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Fame is not mine alone.
Not to claim as my own anymore.
That's for sure.
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Trying to lay blame,
On someone other than the one reflected...
In a mirror framed.
Without depth inspected!
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You do something quite well,
I have yet to accomplish!

You seem to convince others of efforts made.
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What is all the screaming about?
Aren't they the ones who said,
They wanted less government in their daily affairs?
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I keep reminding myself...
people are where they are in their minds.
In a comfort that appeases.
And seduced to feed,
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