Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Within 28 days,
They will squeeze in reasons...
To celebrate those who sacrificed,
Their lives in the doing to prove...
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It's difficult to drop to stop,
What's out of control.
Once it goes downhill,
It slips too fast from a grasp...
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Those who repeatedly rely upon immature techniques,
With expectations to receive the same results achieved...
Are those who can be found weeping in disbelief,
To discover few have tolerance...
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I...
Choose you to be,
That someone...
I can trust.
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If you are not that one to awaken,
With affirmations to confirm in meditation done...
A life you would like to live,
Free of negativity that you would like to leave,
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Why don't you,
Get up off that pity pot...
You've sat on quite a lot.
Why don't you get up off that pot.
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Who am I fooling when I say...
Go away!
I've had enough of it.
I tire of headaches I get.
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Everyone seems to request less government,
In their lives.
Until Mother Nature comes along to remind them,
Every aspect of their lives the government is present.
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Don't get me started.
No don't get me started.
Don't get me started,
Don't!
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If I consume more than my neighbor,
And squander my feeding at their expense...
To then expect for them to remain silent,
As they pay more for the construction of my fence.
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