Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Mmm...
With a mmm-ing just to be cool.
Top down.
And,
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Muscled hustlers.
Toned and recently released,
From their rehabilitated commitments.
And ready to teach and/or preach,
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An innocence meant to defend,
And always be protected to isolate...
From reality with no escape to face it,
Eventually creates less tolerance for an immaturity.
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On multiple levels,
A picking apart of falsehoods takes place.
And on multiple levels,
The disgrace of this can not be erased.
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The many who have been inflicted,
With wounds and scars...
To leave them sleepless fearing nightmares.
Must forgive to mend.
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I have come to cherish,
This gift I've been given...
With words to create.
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For anyone caught up in a fixed belief,
It is never too late for them to make changes...
Needed in their lives,
With a doing to defeat effectively...
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It can not be anything else,
But what it is as was meant to be.
And those attempting to see it differently,
With accusations made to say...
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It is not unusual to find,
Those accustomed to making decisions...
To be upfront and blunt.
And placed in positions of responsibility,
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Anyone caught up in the midst,
With others solicited to defeat another discreetly...
Never will admit their own treacherous deeds.
Although advocating their own innocence,
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