Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I can not endure
Someone else's insecurities.
My own,
Yes.
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Had someone ever asked you a question?
And you answered with an honest response?
To get into a debate,
Over how your answer was delivered?
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It is all there,
And very clear.
Those pieces fit.
Although you have chosen them,
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Haunted by your own remarks?
That attacked someone without facts,
To impart?
And when the truth surfaces...
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I don't know why,
I am delighted you decided...
I was the one weak to defeat.
Did I unconsciously...
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I told you not to disturb me.
Not once.
Not twice,
But several times.
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'Naturally...
Our concerns are with those average families,
Like ours
Who struggle to maintain some degree of normalcy.
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There is no satisfaction to one that comes.
To someone who knows another,
Who does something dumb.
When that one came to solicit advice.
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People like that should be left alone.
They are so out of touch,
Even embalming them
Would preserve a waste of humanity.
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What goes through the mind,
That spends time undermining others?
And what is discovered,
Once they find themselves entrapped...
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