Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Assembly line policies
Fixed to produce a mindset
Of one for all and all for one
Thought process
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A flowing done 'with' the winds of change
Is easier to adjust to
Than attempting to create the winds
To flow when one schedules changes to be done
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There is something inappropriate,
About that dress you have chosen to wear.

'Why because it is white? '
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We shouldn't mix our pain with happiness
Afterall
Many would rather have their suffering done
Without smiles observed to appear on their faces
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What rhymes with bucket?
'That depends.
Is the bucket empty?
And
Is there anyone kicking it? '
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Too few too long,
Have not been listened to.
Those few so strong and brave,
Have sacrificed their lives..
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You've never not...
Come to knock.
Come to knock,
At my door...
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Unloading glowing superlatives
Does not make what isn't felt or seen
Sparkle brighter
If maintenance is daily conducted
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I've been praised, humiliated, degraded and ignored.
By the very same foes,
Who can not decide from which side of their mouths...
Will come another contradiction,
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Look around you.

'And...
Your point is,
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