Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

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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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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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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Some people are saying...
They are afraid one day to wake up,
And not see an America they recognize!
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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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We are the curiosity of nature.
An after-thought of the Earth's creation.
And amusing it,
With our conflicts.
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Okay!
I am finally convinced.
You are madly in love with me.
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Who or what else is next for you to address,
To again blame for a mess.
Deep rooted in unadmitted insecurities.
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You have had a good time,
Most of your life.
As you made jokes of others...
And mocked their deprived way of life.
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The next steps...
Will it be civil unrest?
As the reality of their ancestry...
Brings out the beast in them.
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