Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Selfish social climbers with an eye on greed,
Dig themselves a bigger hole to get and deceive.
With it getting deeper.
That hole they dig is wide to get...
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Some have decided to...
Sacrifice.
And others have decided to...
Live their lives,
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Today a thought process has taken more than just a recess.
Since gone is common sense,
And everywhere there's evidence that thinking stinks.
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Doctor?
I've tried all of the remedies.
And I've done the best I could.
My three marriages have failed.
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Mom?
The kids at school,
Are picking on me again.
They say I'm gay.
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Those who age want to stay in place.
Fearing to let go...
To allow the younger people,
A quicker advance and a move forward...
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Am I surprised my opinions,
And those of others given to them,
Did not matter then?
No.
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Why is it always 'after' the fact,
Observed and witnessed deliberate actions taken...
At the expense of someone by another's doing,
There are those with sad faces who come forward...
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Already disenfranchised and divided,
By an historical lack of identity.
And mythical religious beliefs,
With no respect shown towards one another.
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I am no spook or monkey,
To sit cutely nut and bolted by a door.
And no one rubs my head for luck...
As I smile to pretend to ignore.
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