Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

They don't know what they want.
Taking indecisive jaunts...
With new personas changed,
Undaunted with flaunted aims!
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Who do you think you are to,
Demonstrate hate.
And...
Who you think you are to,
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People today...
Are so sincerely insincere.
Full with trite expressions
Delivered from a smile,
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Things,
People pray for.
Things,
People have.
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You don't have to make it rain.
You don't have to make it thunder.
Not pull a rabbit from a hat...
To make me wonder.
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When a snowman winks his eyes of coal,
And from their windows children know...
Magic's in the air.
And they wish they are on Santa's list.
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From your perspective.
How important is cultural identity?

'From my perspective?
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When I was much younger and believed,
Everyone was honest, wholesome...
And kept with them integrity,
I accepted this without question.
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Is it easier to become 'creative'
When one pleasures ideals with theft?
Is it easier to manipulate,
What someone else has done...
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Greater than a picked image,
One worships transfixed.
And...
Greater than a mighty storm,
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