Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Perhaps it is their madness!
Or an entrapment that satisfies.
However...
I can not be the only one who notices,
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You can not be a better Lawrence S. Pertillar.
Not better than Lawrence Pertillar, Junior can!
Somehow I know this.
However...
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When you have spent most of your life,
Donating time in devotion to others.
And all they can express,
Is a selfish disrespect.
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As long as others,
Were subjects of their poked jokes...
These agitating folks were satisfied to live,
Unapologetically.
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No danger can remain sustained,
By anyone 'claiming' to maintain faith!
That is unshakable and daily paced.
With an awakening that can be traced,
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What a convenience it is,
Not to think!
Or be disturbed by the process of thought!
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A promised date with death...
For those celebrated to have valor,
And honor.
With a courage to protect,
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People choose to accept,
The plated fakeness of 'bling'.
And what they have been led to believe.
That a symbolic success...
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For too long I have stayed comforted.
With just my own shadow,
Feeling a sense of safety!
And spared from charities of outreach campaigns.
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I learn,
From observation.
Accepting a yearning.
With a consciousness attached.
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