Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I'm the only one you can think of to come,
When the end of a rope...
A dangling you do has been done.
And you are upset because I express no regret,
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Trust is a creation that is developed over time.
Anyone believing it should be found immediately,
Should scratch that off of their list of preferences.
And 'demanding' that to be a priority.
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What you are trying to save,
Has already diminished in quality.
Whatever it is you are hoping to gain,
Has lost from you any integrity.
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Fallen on hard times?
Harder than those times,
You have fallen on before?
And with more stinging to the knees?
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Pimple free and cleared of blemishes.
Pimple free and cleared of blemishes.
Pimple free.
They're pimple free.
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Needing!
And again I am from you...
Addiction free.
What you provided was not love.
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I am influenced by Poe.
But there is no comparison.
Maya too inspires.
And Langston seems to 'crystalize'...
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You can not leave me cold and wet.
Not at this moment.
Not just yet.
The Sunrise isn't promised,
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Declaring someone or something popular,
Invites the critics like flies...
To a horse's tail.
Like one's urgent need,
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Insignificant they see themselves.
And a showing of this towards life as well.
Hollow and ungrateful feelings,
Taught and perceived by those whose beliefs...
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