Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

To keep a lock and key on a valued life,
With a doing unconcerned,
Or bothered by wrongs or that which is right.
To then praise idols!
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I've come here to inform you,
I no longer will be taking...
Anymore of your nonsense.
I've decided there is no more need,
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Ominous places,
With faces hard to leave...
Can,
Introduce a certain weakness...
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Proxy up your posse,
I could care less what you say.
You've got a lot of moxie,
To stand in my way.
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What do you mean,
I never listen to you?
I'm always listening to you.
In fact...
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It is troubling enough to be bombarded by regret.
Haunted by disappointments.
And tossed about emotionally,
Over situations experienced one can not forget.
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When accessible and available,
A taking for granted took place.
When hard to find and out of touch,
A curiosity arises.
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For how long and often,
Can a 'no' be heard...
Before it finally is?
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Don't you find it ironic,
That those who laughed...
At the efforts made by others,
Are today those very same people...
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It would have made a difference,
If those experienced and willing...
To volunteer their time,
To secure the cementing of foundations...
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