Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

A presence that becomes too familiar,
With a stamina that is determined to stay strong...
Isn't always that presence that is championed.
Others can not accept faith like that expressed.
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What mistakes have been made,
When someone does something intentionally.
When the life of another,
Is deliberately altered...
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If I did what was expected,
You would find reason to neglect me.
And I would begin to feel cheap and common.
No longer that treat...
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I am an urbanite.
Accessible and in full sight.
And comfortable I am waiting,
At a bustop.
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Express a love for something done you do,
And very few will come to comprehend.
Especially...
Since it is not connected to a dollar bill.
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I'm on a path of least resistance.
And its existence.
On a path of least resistance.-
I'm on a path of least resistance,
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I'd like to keep,
You...
On my mind.
It's satisfying all the time.
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'What did you notice?
What did you see? '

All of us stood and witnessed it,
Spiraling out of control.
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Father?
I know You have given me,
A freedom to choose.
A freedom to choose,
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...and, this year we are so excited,
In honor of Black History Month...
To provide a ten thousand dollar scholarship,
To anyone who can answer the following question.
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