Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

If there is one thing you can do better,
Than anyone else can prove they can do...
To reflect not on them but just upon you,
Is to be the best you can.
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Many will get immediately upset and disgusted,
By someone they distrust who tells them the truth.
To then defend without question or comprehending why,
A lie told by a 'friend' known to exaggerate and embellish...
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Whatever I want or believe I need,
God is my supply.
And from His inventory I am given.
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Those giving their opinions,
From their high and lofty gilded cages.
Sitting on lakes in secure tall buildings,
Where the winter breezes blow...
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There are limits to playing one's fool.
And the odds are against,
The one mistaking another...
To be tolerant.
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You could either have my name engraved,
In marble.
And placed on your mantle.
Or have my portrait hung above it.
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Some people are saying...
They are afraid one day to wake up,
And not see an America they recognize!
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People who have spent,
Years of their time...
Trying to convince some who do listen,
There has been others who have treated them...
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The test dissected has been done to select...
From those who have chosen materialism to digest.
And those who are able to feel and see,
The anguish created by these misdeeds.
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I am going to create wealth.
He wants to spread the wealth.
I am going to lower your taxes.
He wants to raise your taxes.
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