Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

How can you make such preposterous declarations.
That I have a conflict of interest?
When each and every interest I have,
There is not one conflict...
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It is yet another day to await,
Another promise that has been stated...
With another attempt to procrastinate,
Upon that same promise to fulfill.
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You will know when you have discovered,
Something for you that you were meant to do...
When the doing of it is done with such devoted passion,
That it becomes something you 'must' do...
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Where would some people be?
What kind of lives would we all live,
If we were not motivated by someone else's...
Creativity?
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If being honest and the living of truth,
Was not considered offensive...
By those wishing to protect,
Their prefabricated lives with high-tech weapons...
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Who are those people turning their backs,
When others walk pass them.
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Too brave are those orphaned by a society.
And unaccustomed to display their fears.
Too brave these days are they not given consideration,
For the challenges they must face.
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Claim it to name,
And want what it is changed.
Climb to the top of mountains.
Claim it to name and want it.
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I feel you watching closely.
And ready to poke.
As if my presence,
Is under your microscope.
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People are 'freaking' out
As to who will or will not
Pay for their own health care!
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