Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

What, if anything, in a tomorrow wished,
Is guaranteed?
If the ability to experience the 'now' today,
Is an activity done that can be achieved.
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Whether you stand up straight,
Or crawl...
Your determining motivation,
Should be devoted to commitment.
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Some experience a life of true friends.
The ones they know they can always depend on.

The bond that begins never ends.
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I will nourish.
And will grow.
I wish to encourage,
Others uncertain to flourish.
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Lost in subdivisions!
Lost in a struggle,
with sterotypes.
Lost between religious beliefs,
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I can't get enough of fresh roasted stuff.
The presentation of it seems customized.
As if my preference had been known to recognize.
And I don't often show that I can be surprised,
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Maintaining one's privacy,
Can become for some more adventurous...
Than another who chooses to live life,
Exposed and left open...
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I don't understand what their problem is.

'Me either.'
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Quietly proceeding are fresh steps taken.
And done to go unannounced,
By the ones determined to reach success.
Quietly these efforts are seldom prevented,
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What IS the problem 'now'?
I have had it up to 'here' with those monkeys.

'The African monkeys are protesting.
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