Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Denial kept fed.
In one's mind can infest it.
With a detachment,
No longer that accepts reality.
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It should not take,
An activated irritation.
Intended to provoke beyond the limits,
Of anyone's known and shown patience.
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There are ways to express anger.
And ways to avoid,
The doing of it to address.
Yet...
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Shredded.
To be thrown,
Into cardboard boxes.
Principles lost.
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I want to do better.
So I work on doing that,
The best I can.
Regardless if it's known I'm trying.
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The hours of each day,
Has bestowed us with blessings.
With this to attempt,
A broadening of our perceptions.
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Anyone who does a wrong to another.
And with consciousness to intend it,
Meant to do without thought to use.
Can expect to pay the consequences.
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I wish I could turn each page,
Of that book.
That book I am told,
About me so easy to read.
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When anyone takes the opportunity,
To brag about what they've got.
With a doing to belittle and demean others.
Done to mock nonstop to amuse.
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With a suddenness,
Current events are changing.
As if the Winter is proving with snow,
The year 2019...
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