Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Split divisions within divisions split.
Tattooed decisions made,
To brand and pierce skin...
Without regard,
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No one enjoys playing hide and seek,
Better than those who have stayed hidden...
To perfect the game.
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A tragedy happens.
And reactionaries are quick,
To respond.
The giving done with empathy,
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There is a way,
One can clear one's mind...
Immediately,
To release all aggravation.
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When I sit and visit with nature,
In a surrounded quietness.
I've come to eliminate any hints of conflict,
Others may share...
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Keep your eyes on the pitch.
Don't choke up!
Or switch hit.
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Lit with verse and profound imaginings.
Clear of limits and in boundless flight.

My mind is in a poetic meter.
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The difference between 'good'...
And accepted mediocrity.
As observed and done with much ease.
Is a wish to break barriers of a commonness.
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Just a few short years ago,
Some folks were subjects of racial kidding.
Profiled and provoked.
And laughed at by those who lived high and mighty.
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People are awarded funding and grants,
For the most ridiculous incentives.
$600,000.00 for an internet newspaper,
In a place where most folks are illiterate.
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