Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Masking acts of depravity,
Will not make the doing of it go away.
However,
To market it as a sweetener...
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You have a need to convince me,
Your way of life lived is right.
Why can't you just leave me alone?
Am I trying to convince you I am happy?
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Those who walk on what appears,
For them a lonely road...
May have chosen to do so.
Since the air is crisp.
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Insisting the children of today,
Have innocent minds that should be protected.
Is likened to insisting,
Pride in oneself and family values...
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In places,
Where most minds of people are stuck.
As if certain parts of their bodies,
Have been encased in braces.
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When an 'I Have Had It' arrives,
With no need of added explanations.
That icing on a cake that has been baking,
Is that final touch needed that ends what had begun.
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Whatever side of 'fluff' you sit,
I was never one to be a part of it.
I've made my visits.
But to identify me with a place,
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I too am human.
And exist with human needs.
At one time I believed,
Those needs I had...
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Fresh is a new day that comes to many.
Those that see it that way...
Seem to have experienced fully,
Past fresh days with a letting go.
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A clarity disputed once,
By those refusing...
To put to rest their fantasies.
Have come to strike fear and alarm,
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