Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I don't require or demand,
You love me.
Neither do I,
Request you act as if you do.
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Solicited participants.
Gathered to pledge,
Their allegiance...
To an agitating of violence.
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Many are desperate.
And have become weary.
These troubling,
Conflicting and divisive days.
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Inside crumbling.
From an irreversible storm.
Outside.
And distant.
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What more can be said.
Whether to agree,
Empathize or sympathize.
To people,
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Terrific.
Is the engaging,
In civil and respectful...
Diplomacy.
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I thank you,
For this opportunity.

As a proud and upstanding,
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Premeditated thoughts,
Sought to provoke.
And brought into action.
Done to then claim,
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Keeping away.
And above the fray.
Is a peace of mind starter.
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Difficult it is,
To leave ignorance as if it's...
Unnoticeable.
And should be avoided.
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