Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Talk most do about this.
And that which should not concern them.
As if sightseers cruising through life.
To be overheard,
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No one with a purpose to achieve.
Does so without a strategy.
Placed in a pace methodical.
Before a step forward one takes.
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Ignoring what takes place.
Seldom makes it disappear from ears to hear.
Or fade away to stay out of sight.
Even having enough of it.
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Wanting to be seen.
As the ones on top.
Choosing others,
To belittle and demean.
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An epic that begins.
To overwhelm with each episode.
Increasing tensions intended before it ends.
Is one of many dramatic chapters.
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A critical mass.
That has resulted in a task.
Seems to have been secretly reached.
To deliver and complete.
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There had been once upon a time.
When ignorance willfully displayed.
Was regarded as inappropriate.
And when mentioned to bring attention to it,
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Many have gathered to ask.
Themselves and of others.
"Where do we go from here?
This manure is not pleasant.
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Jaw dropping and jarring.
Is the image.
Of one with a childish disposition.
Placed in a position to set policy.
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The watching doesn't shock anymore.
Nor is the madness stopping.
Its dumping at all doors.
Unleashed, unlocked like never before.
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