Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Someone said,
Chickens will come home to roost.
And there is a rooster on the roof,
With binoculars laughing.
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You got me shook up and my mind is gone!
I go to bed with all my house lights on.
I feel the thumpin' from those gansta beats.
Somebody's juggling balls of concrete.
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Sure...
I'll accept your apology,
For something you accused me...
And now find that not to be true.
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It was once told to me...
A lie is not a lie,
If the receiver of one believes.
This frees the liar to tell more of them.
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I remember when I called you a honky.
And you called me a black ugly monkey.
Now both of us ride on a donkey.
'Haw hee haw.'
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Some folks have to be trained,
To do what it is they desire to do.
Some learn what they do in school.
I did too and it felt like a waste of my time.
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High class trash!
Many have addicted themselves fast...
To that.
Feeling trapped after the experience.
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Discuss what and why?
You have won all of our debates.
You found a way to negate my point of view.
You chased me to the exit...
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Me...
I come first.
It took a long time,
For me to thirst for life like that.
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Seven days hath this week.
With a weekend that comes leaping in...
To leave us on Monday,
Squeezing every second left...
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