Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

"Listen.
Ssshhh. Did you hear that?

-No.
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You say,
I've got it going on?

"Yes. I did."
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Could it be?
Observation is not as clear,
To believe.
Than a truth to create it.
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Like anything,
From a seed to bloom.
With it noticed to be done.
Is slow.
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The high cost paid it is.
To escalate a need to please,
A feeding of a greed.
Believed exclusively kept to keep.
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Truth to accept,
Seems to have become a threat.
To many refusing to connect it,
As a possibility to be true.
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Did you like the movie?

"Very much so.
From beginning to end.
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Enjoying peace of mind to get.
To wish for it.
And received to have earned.
Nothing about it is lonely to feel.
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How can anyone aging,
Claim to be looking ahead.
Without accepting changes.
Or notice them to have been made.
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We all owe it to ourselves,
To be better human beings.
Instead of seeking ways,
Of receiving to deceive...
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