Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Bemoaning one's insecurities...
Or accusing others for discussing topics,
One unsolicited chooses to bring up...
Are signs of an unconscious mind.
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When people can not handle honesty,
Or periodic self examination...
The meaning or definition of discipline,
Will be as foreign to them as being freed from lieing.
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The onslaught of vacuous meanderings,
Is a representation of the futile attempts...
One makes to create spontaneity.
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What would be the point to make,
If I stated I did something well...
And could not provide the evidence?
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There are times I feel 'lofty'
And have a need to express my intelligence.
That combination of experience, insight and observation...
Is seeking a way to express itself.
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In the playing of games,
There are those who are less experienced...
Decide without advice taken,
To play them indiscriminately.
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From the distance their voices reminds one,
Of children whining.
And when approached to witness their sulking done,
Confirms the absence of accountability.
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There is nothing like confronting,
An adversary who initiates conflicts...
But somehow has forgotten,
The ones that attempted...
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If I am not soliciting,
Your attention.
And...
You are not preventing me,
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Well...
It is a beginning.
That,
You will have to confess.
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