Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Strip teaser...
Each time you remove an unneeded vowel,
And you appear,
Exposing consonants clear...
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No one is disconnected,
From the effects of having less.
Those protesting the state of the economy,
Are the ones in selfish isolation.
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Those that have spent their time,
Discrediting others' efforts.
And wasting their lives,
Afraid to live their own...
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When someone over compensates,
With an opinion...
That is stated to instigate.
And stirs to irritation...
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There is no gain one can claim with pain,
That remains the same...
Unchanged.
With a wish to rid it!
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To know love,
Is to leave behind our fear and doubts.
Our limited visions of how things should turn out.
And let be as is.
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What is this 'thing'...
People keep on their eyes to peep.
What is this 'thing'...
People keep on their minds without sleep.
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Everyday there is a rearrangement,
Of something that has been changed.
For people to insist no changes exist,
Will stop those from being born,
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If noses weren't attached,
To the face.
Few people would know,
Where the back of their heads were.
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Never will I waste my time,
In argument to define my mind.
With someone who professes to know,
My predicament.
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