Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

In your face.
And scrutinized on a daily basis,
That should not take place with such curiosity.
But it does with the getting of attention.
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What is happening to our youth today?
A reflection of our ability to avoid reality.
With a taste to keep our delusions and denials,
Fantasized as someone else's responsibility to criticize...
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What on Earth is going on with them over there?

'I was approached to give my opinion,
Concerning the world affairs.
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Home of the plastic smile.
And where lieutenants of apartheid train.
With a doing of their homework in the suburbs...
To test the inner city people they deplete of resources.
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With the wearing of emblems and symbols,
To declare a faith and belief to profess...
They've been saved and they show this has been addressed.
And the many who do this believe they've been released,
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Opps!
It's JUST a movie.
You can't hold all of us accountable,
For one act of 'uncensored' delusion.
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When nothing makes sense anymore,
Make this an opportunity...
To free yourself from attempts,
Of being intelligent about it.
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I am not that man,
You think you understand...
And,
That man you understood...
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You give me that you like me nod.
And I...
Nod back.
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You need to feel it!
Everyday that special touch of love.
You should have it near...
Everyday that touch of love.
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