Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

We grow enough.
To know our likes and displeasures.
We grow enough.
To amplify what is disqualified.
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Coming unsuspected.
Warned to arrive.
Without a scheduled date or time.
But detected to expect.
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Empowered by evil.
And perceived entitlements.
Those given rights to not earn them,
Are sickened with mentalities.
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Words heard to hear them matter.
The way they are used.
With emphasis expressed.
Intentionally to leave an affect.
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Defending a disease.
With it to welcome and empathize.
Prolonged is a cure to be found.
Announcements are made,
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It did not seem for me,
Too long of a wait.
Until a dawning came.
With a clarity to awaken my mind.
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I have no appetite for negativity.
Division or racist hatred.
Marinated in heated debates.
Although others persist,
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Deep.
Inside my heart.
There was a place just for you.
To reside with a permanence.
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The only thing,
Many seem to have in common these days.
Is an indulgence to diminish,
A quality of life.
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A truth unknown that has arrived,
Is what people need.
A truth unknown that has arrived,
Cools up the heat.
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