Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Mother Nature has a way,
Of getting everyone's attention.
And after warnings gone disobeyed,
The gauntlet 'She' lays...
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Many have spent lifetimes,
Doing their best...
To manipulate the presence of truth.
And yet there is not one shred of proof,
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You say you love me.
You love me just to get up and leave.
But you love.
You say you love me.
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You can forget it when the getting has gone.
But you can't forget when you get it.
You can't forget when you get it.
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Can they can they dropp it.
Can it,
Be stopped.
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Can we and could we,
with a should...
Do much better?
Many say they wish to,
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One declaring to be victimized by another,
May pursue to get that atteention...
The first few times mentioned.
But then...
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No one living who has earned to be in their right mind,
Accepts with belief...
They had been born to be dispense at their own expense,
By another who has druthers to use them.
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I am not a terrorist!
At least I wasn't when I last checked.
I am, however, a divorced veteran of the Vietnam War,
Living alone on a fixed income.
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If a duck quacks and waddles,
Wearing a top hat while quacking...
But without a single fact quacked,
How can this duck hide its back...
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