Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Disgruntled and bitter,
Are those outspoken perceived.
When in observation,
A truth and reality to see contradicts...
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How do you intend to deliver your speech?
With it done uninterrupted,
And attention given to you successfully?
Aren't you expecting to offend,
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When people begin to connect,
The affects their actions have on others...
To accept what they get in return,
Lessons will be learned to never forget.
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She knew and understood,
The man I would today become.
And even though I rebelled,
With a doing done when I was young...
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Up and down with it,
A hold on love.
Up and down with it,
The feeling it gives.
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If people wanted their exceptions made,
To rules created to instill discipline.
With expectations they be followed.
And obeyed to be given strict attention.
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The escalation of fear,
To justify an acceptance of madness...
Should make it increasingly clear,
Of a mindset infected...
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Ferguson?
Just another place,
Where racism exists.
And historically...
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Could I announce from a pulpit,
Travesties I disdain?
Within my consciousness that remains.
To inflict my personal conflicts...
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Fireflies in the night-time...
Light your eyes.
I am like an owl aroused,
By oodles of full moonlight.
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