Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

$10 a gallon?
For what?

'Does that really matter now?
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Oil?
Now sold at what?
Five dollars a barrel?
This is an immediate sign,
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Somehow the meaninglessness...
Many describe as senseless,
Has a meaningfulness...
In a useful kind of way.
...

A broken heart within me knows,
What loneliness is...
When it is left to linger,
And slowly grows to wither in wishes!
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Which liars deny,
They did or did not tell...
The bigger lie.
Or acknowledge any used,
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It's the 28th of April,
And the 29th comes soon.
The 27th was a Friday that passed,
In a year that speeds...
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Blessed are those,
Who awaken with insight!
Those who have been shakened,
From a need to maintain...
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Fated to be in a togetherness...
No one comprehends but them.

The fate of fatal lovers,
...

Glamour and the price of fame...
May produce a name.
Bright among rhinestoned stars.
In shallow glistening galaxies.
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We are pleased you have chosen to run again,
For public office.
However...
There are a 'few' who donated to your campaign efforts,
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