Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

If one has spent,
A lifetime of feeding upon nonsense...
With an unquestioned defending of it,
Difficult will it be...
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A façade created,
To establish interest
Does not attract.
No matter what innovations stated,
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It often amazes,
How literal interpretations given...
By those who are clueless,
Can be accepted with a teaching as fact.
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There is nothing more exhilarating,
Than being in an environment...
Of children raising children,
And none of them are nourished...
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No matter what one sees,
To compare with belief...
You alone can conceive with a receiving,
What it is in your life...
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Fulfilled with an intention meant,
Is all that it takes...
For one to initiate happiness and joy.
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I never meant to see you leaving,
With an emptiness so vacant.
There is no escaping from this loneliness.
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When one lives amongst the 'he-said' 'she-said' people,
Many will assume what that person does and do.
And who that person is.
But few,
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Down the street and around the corner,
May be someone's prized possession...
Yet unknown.
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They've grown accustomed to my name.
And believe they are also,
Aware of my frame of mind.
They perceive this can be determined,
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