Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Those today seeking to find answers,
For questions they have begun to ask...
Are the same ones who had no interest,
When signs to open their minds...
...

You may be accustomed,
To looking at me and others up and down.
From head to toe.
Examining as if,
...

A child will always try to do,
What others they see doing too.
A child will always choose to prove,
What's done by others...
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Where do we go.
After running away from facing the facts.
And where do we,
After fingerprints are left...
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The only thing overlooked but needing audit,
Is...
Our minds.
And...
...

You talk about sins.
Who does it and how it all begins.
But you...
Can't end gossip you start.
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Frankly,
I cared.
With sincerity given.
And so much more that was there.
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These days are very different,
Than days long gone and passed.
Today the people run,
When shots from guns are done.
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Indignities done to others,
As a custom.
With a dignified indifference,
As accustomed.
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Many with distinctive instincts,
Waste little time to think.
Or await a needed reason,
To question where they're moving...
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