Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Stripped quick from being significant.
A relevance is slipping away.
Upgraded is the consciousness.
And the importance of it has come to stay.
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Truth and popularity do not mix.
In some minds this is an unfit relationship.
And suitable it is to be distanced quick.
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Am 'I' arrogant?
Is this something you are assuming?
Or does this show?
Have you been told this?
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You may visit upon this land.
But to force debate of its direction...
Is not a matter to be question.
Or demand answers you expect.
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What is this 'image'
We have been blessed to reflect?
If we are not, indeed...
Born into a physicality,
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Blocked but not stopped,
Is a flow that can overwhelm.
And...
Deflected,
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You will,
Choose to listen.
You may,
Sometimes refuse.
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Spectacular and unconventional.
With a little bit of poverty.
And a lot of dysfunction.
But I couldn't pay...
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I'm sure they now feel foolish.
Those who publicly ridiculed.
Those who raised such banners high...
To announced themselves as uninformed,
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The longer you waited,
In hiding with false claims.
The later it became...
To undo any resentment,
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