Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

It is with preference.
What is accepted and approved.
Along with personality.
One has and found to amuse.
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Emotions felt to feel.
Respect to give and get.
Love to know and return.
Has no face.
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I am me.
Real.
Not a lie told.
To satisfy ears to hear.
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If we all worked harder.
At something we loved.
To discover it found,
This leaves us pleased.
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Give me what it is that you've got.
And be prepared to do this nonstop.
Don't tease with nibbles.
Or split that into crumbs.
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The only ones disbelieving.
They have been sold out.
And done with apparent transparency.
Are the ones conducting inventory.
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High on hyperbole.
And with a mind of platted chrome.
To sell and bought to the thoughtless,
As if gold.
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It can be taken.
From right out of a box.
Shown to admire.
With this done a lot.
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Should anyone be expected to give.
A fair assessment.
To that which is,
Noticeably deserving of criticism to get.
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So powerful is kept patience.
For the one not charading.
Or imitating their faith.
And too powerful for those who fake.
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