Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

You want to sit and weep?
Well...
Go ahead!

You want to mope and tote woe.
...

Too invigorating are the days ahead,
For those who stay awake.
With no escape to live them later.
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Have I not been able to give,
In the way that I should?
Could I have shown more thoughtfulness,
With a doing for others who understood.
...

It is ludicrous and with absurdity to believe,
People religiously affliated...
Perceive their indoctrinations are separated,
From politics.
...

Remember the days when being portrayed,
As a maverick...
Had offended those 'normal',
Who then considered themselves conformists.
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You turned an intimate relationship,
I wanted to have with just you...
Into a competition.
And from the moment we met...
...

Once comforted by standards and values,
Thought to remain in a permanance forever kept...
Were those who felt free,
To pass their critiques and judgements on others...
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Fewer people are discovered and heard,
Arguing over the validity of a truth they see...
To witness.
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Those who take interest,
In the raising of their children...
With encouragement to adventure,
Their lives to live being versatile.
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Many today are finding they can survive,
The adapting to applied adjustments.
With a living of their eyes opened wider,
To realize without trauma or surprise...
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