Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Get right with yourself!
To see your blemishes and accept your flaws.
Get right with yourself!
Why do you numb your head with alcohol.
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Here I am.
To stay with you.
If that's what you want me to do.
And,
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I want to be elated.
I want to be,
Satisfied.
I want to empty out,
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More people seem to fake they are mortified.
And more are faking they disbelieve,
The rise of crime.
Around them,
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I wont be the one,
Getting less sleep.
Because you want that done,
To have you worry me.
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What is it like,
To fly your kite...
On Boulevard and Main.
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Not too often am I amazed.
Or can say I am bewildered these days,
By decisions made and choices...
Some people choose.
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Those today seeking to find answers,
For questions they have begun to ask...
Are the same ones who had no interest,
When signs to open their minds...
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You may be accustomed,
To looking at me and others up and down.
From head to toe.
Examining as if,
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A child will always try to do,
What others they see doing too.
A child will always choose to prove,
What's done by others...
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