Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

'Daddy?
What does creativity mean? '

Well...
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They came into the 'hood'.
And began taking applications
For subservience!
At the minimal wage.
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Do I care that you may be offended
By an honesty I feel?
Do you think I should show remorse and quilt,
That I am losing my appeal?
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You don't have to give me a cold shoulder...
To discourage my advances,
Or lower the rise in my pants that exist.
You could freeze and I'd be still there...
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Let life know you know it!
If you don't life will not know you.
Take a stand and demand your dreams...
Come true.
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They are going to slip,
Those dips that firmly gripped.
Dripping sweat on agony...
And commanding more of it!
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I missed being with you so much,
I gave myself to someone else.
And when we kissed in nakedness...
With closed eyes it was you I felt!
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Sharing within a relationship...
Time, devotion, commitment and love
Should not find these values outsourced!
And if that should happen...
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Suddenly those once feeling victimized,
By others who found it easy...
To slander and despise them with creative lies,
Have found that keeping faith
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Part time piece,
Or lover on the side...
Appeals to those appeasing,
In these times truth hide.
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