Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I remember the first time,
I confronted someone...
Reacting to a rumor.
And from a third person heard.
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You wanna go to bed early,
And get up late.
You wanna make demands,
And not appreciate.
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Don't think that floating boat,
You sit in needs no one to paddle.
You need to grab those paddles,
And begin to steer that boat.
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No more fighting battles.
No more fighting battles.
No more fighting battles from a saddle I no longer sit!
No more fighting battles.
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There is no other way.
Once that way has been,
Removed from suspense.
And in one's mind
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Nobody came to party knew somebody who sat,
In a corner to sigh.
This was a heat to hotter party.
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Don't hand me that fight for honor nonsense,
Needing to be won and done by anyone...
With a killing on a battlefield no one shuns.
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You posed an opposition,
'Cause I said, 'Suppose'.
Without a hint or clue,
Of why my 'supposing' rose.
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You may never know,
What it's like to fly.
Or come to know,
What makes the change of seasons.
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If no one else has made attempts,
To what was perceived was there
And did not replenish it.
No one person alone can restore
That which is gone.
And isn't there anymore.
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