Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

There are many who wear their affectations,
On their sleeves.
They want others to know,
How an artificial and shallow existence...
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Being labelled lazy,
Because one has not embraced the choice...
Of adapting to a materialistic way of life.
May have its benefits.
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Putting those adored and respected,
High on a pedestal...
Where from one's eyes,
They are placed and set.
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Love is not all goo and gah.
Sometimes there is goo and no gah,
And lots of...
Ugh! Geeessshhh.
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Emotional vampires,
Accustomed to critique and darkness...
I can't afford to have feeding on my consciousness.
The extensive draining done they do,
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The troubles you've
caused now on you sit.
Too bad.
Too bad.
And everyone of them
you committed.
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Remember when a self loathing,
And feelings of defeat...
Were attention getting empathy grabbers?
And someone would approach with eyes dancing,
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It's tragic!
And more sadistic it gets,
When a truth is left to sit...
To be decided by those most misfit.
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Let's face it,
We all make mistakes.
And somewhere,
Up or down the road of our travels...
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In the grips of tough times,
It's hard to hold back...
From gritting on teeth.
It's even more difficult to be real nice...
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