Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I am not one to assess another's flaws,
With wishes they perceive my view of life.
I can not say who should rid themselves of them,
To correct themselves to make things for them right.
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I got so wrapped up and locked into perfection.
Thinking I should be...
Someone other than me.
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Hot!
Like a heat hot.
These past few days,
In the first week of July 2010...
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If you are that kind of person,
Who does not understand...
That pieces of a jiggsaw puzzle,
Creates a completed picture...
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If you happen to be one who brags,
About that which you love to say you own.
And your signature appears,
On outstanding loans?
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Why am I upset?
There is no one in a leadership position,
Who has taken responsibility...
For my lack of competence.
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Being optimistic sometimes isn't realistic,
When...
You know what it's like,
Having every button you have pushed.
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Sometimes people do make mistakes.
I've made some.
And who has not made a few?
But not knowingly at the expense of others.
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Some will play all day,
Games of dodge ball and hide and seek.
Wishing to be tagged with 'come-hither' coyness.
Like children believed to be cute and sweet.
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