Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Every aspect of their existence,
Has been based upon their love...
For sustained and maintained violence.
And choose they do those weak to oppress.
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I may choose to tell someone,
I suspect is a gossip...
Anything.
And with it done to quickly know,
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Not taking the opportunity or the initiative,
To effectively place one's footsteps...
In a direction that reflects,
A keeping of one's identity in perspective...
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To know how lowdown people will go,
With self-centeredness on their minds to please...
Has to be witnessed.
The depths of deception once observed in process,
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I've come to realize,
My own pride and dignity...
I should protect.
And I have come to not expect,
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Only fools, morons and fun loving idiots,
Will come together to destroy...
Events leading to progress,
By those breaking their backs with effort taken.
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Those shades of skin,
Prioritized by next of kin.
And the ones who use color,
To address insecurities they defend...
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Obtained success,
Is not achieved without receiving threats.
And it does not matter to those envious,
What had been sacrificed or the time spent...
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Why is it you wish to convince others,
That I should be held responsible...
And accountable for your ignorance.
When I did everything possible,
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Too many have found themselves,
Behind times that have moved on.
Gone is the sting,
Of protesting against the obvious.
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