Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Too much truth,
And excludes delusion.
Expresses realism,
Felt and stripped of fraud.
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Listen to this...
Check this out!

She's not speaking to them,
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Wake up folks!
Not only do they exist.
Extraterrestrials...
Are about to conduct block parties,
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I don't understand!
Aren't we living the lives folks demand?

Our sons are encouraged
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There is no valued sadness here,
Displayed!
For signs they chose to ignore.
They now wish for laws to legislate their pain.
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Trust me.
When I get through with you...
You are going to wish,
You had not spent your time
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Who would have thought
You and I could fall in love?
With a passion daring,
To be erased from us.
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Why be self indulgent,
If the act is not a conscious effort?
Or participate in it with guilt?
Be still and know...
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Oh yes...
I am going to push you to the edge!
I want you stripped of masquerades.
I want charades you parade depleted.
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When we got to eat...
We ate spinach, peas and beets,
With sweet canned peaches!
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