Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I understand those,
Who chased the taste of money.
I also admire those,
Who stick to their convictions.
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If you want to know more,
About what it is like to experience life.
Ignore everything you've heard about it.
And on your own,
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I apologize if I offend you.
And those delusions you've been fed to keep.
But you see...
My life is not lived in Hollywood.
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Remember this...
Your curiosity,
Is not my fantasy to feed.
If you find that I have become boring.
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Infidelity is what it is.
It's a disregard for loyalty.
An unfaithfulness displayed,
With a consent to deceive...
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Confront someone,
In the telling of a lie done.
And watch their eyes,
Quickly shift...
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Not many do I regard as being original.
Too many are followers.
With 'that' as a wish...
To appease those unable to tell the difference.
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They did not want it to appear,
They associated with me...
Publicly.
Until the host of the event,
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Oh how I wish I had a magic wand.
To lift burdens off backs,
With an easing of those trapped...
In their mental wrappings.
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To be condemned by a life,
One has chosen to live...
And has found success in the doing of it,
Can only leave those to question themselves...
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