Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Giving time to find ways to appease others,
To seek an acceptance...
Is like attempting to put icecream,
Inside of a heated cake freshly baked.
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Sugar-coating realities,
Has left mentalities...
Desperately searching,
For alternatives to provide...
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Forget that 'bam' in bamboozled.
Or the 'hood' covering those sly winks.
All deceptions replayed today,
Will not escape from noses...
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Live as if life is meant to give.
And...
That life we all have has 'already' been given.
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It is no longer what 'you' want to accomplish,
That is wished to erase those consequences faced.
Those consequences to be faced,
Are here to stay.
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Deciding to walk alone on an unpaved road...
With a cautious pace starting slow,
To face a fear...
Makes for one unafraid of challenges,
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Crediting debts has produced regrets.
And demands to keep delusions untouched...
To enhance the need of a feasting to feed,
The many addicted to an unending of it...
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I am acquainted with several people,
Who have earned BA, MA and Doctorate degrees.
And it would be wonderful 'if'...
Their knowledge and focus to obtain certificates,
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They would like to think of themselves as allstars,
But their stances
Leave them grounded in limited enhancement.
Material attachments sit with them,
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Talents associated,
With money that could be made...
Comes from minds fixed on dollars and cents.
And environments with them living within...
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