Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

The only thing from the past,
Worth keeping...
Is a lesson taught one learns.
And the only thing from the past,
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Sad are the people,
With beliefs claimed to keep...
As advancements enhance minds,
To discover beliefs kept...
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I look not for ways,
To upgrade a paved road.
With a taking a blueprint,
As a device to use to re-invent...
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If you haven't done it,
How can you give advice?
To anyone to benefit.
If you haven't done it,
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We only become aware,
Of that which we are prepared to accept.
Prior to that we turn our backs,
Until the facts seem to begin to attack...
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We are approaching...
The last stop.
The last stop before logic as a topic,
Can be used.
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One monkey to leave,
Does not stop a show of monkeys.
Unless that one monkey,
Happens to be the producer.
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Staying safe,
And away from controversy...
Has not left life or its quality,
Better lived with it seen to show.
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Racism as it exists today,
Can not be explained away.
Embedded feelings like this kept,
Has to go through a process...
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Mother Nature can not be tricked,
Fooled or duped.
Ask anyone aging.
And fighting against it.
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