Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Remove these obstacles,
I have now on my path.
I wish to attract happiness...
With a peace of mind,
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This ax I wield,
Is not raised to attack you!
Those chains that keep you held in bondage...
I am doing my best,
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You have been fantasized since birth.
You grew up collecting cartoon books.
When your teeth fell out as a child,
Under your pillow they were put.
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Why are those willing to keep others informed,
With the goings on they should embrace...
Are often the ones who ultimately find themselves,
Faced by those who despise them outright...
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I don't know why it should now come,
To bother me.
That so many believe,
They've been given a license...
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From the shores of Danish harbors,
I live my Viking past.
And I hear the words of my father saying...
'You are not pure.
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It's hard to disapprove someone determined.
Someone like that,
Is not easily swayed to be steered off track.
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She wanted to appear to others,
She had it together.
And was in complete and total control.
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It is easy for anyone,
Not sitting in a hot seat...
To accuse someone for not doing something,
Believed that should be done overnight.
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I awakened no longer beholdened,
To those emotional traps.
The kind that others leave,
With expectations...
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