Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

When I had a crush on you,
You acted as if I did not exist.
You persisted to avoid my advances.
Some of them were innocently delivered.
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Why should I lower my expectations,
To accomodate someone else's incompetence?
Why should I accept mediocrity...
Because that's the highest the bar has been risen.
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I don't necessarily ask that you agree.
Or assess me personally.
Whether we have ever met...
Or if that becomes a possibility.
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They were burned.
Long before the Salem ones.
In Hartford, Connecticut,
This was done.
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When in prayer,
Most take this time...
To send with it hoped,
Undivided attention...
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¡Quiero que demasiado ame!

Demasiado quiero,
La paz y la felicidad compartieron.
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Ooooohhh...
64 Oh 64,
Your knock is loud...
On my front door.
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It has been hindered by you.
Splintered.
And the spirits are here to mend.
Everything about it will be tossed on its end.
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The kind that say what they mean.
Do what they say.
Accountable for their actions.
Reliable and believed.
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When my life one day has gone
And the breath I breathe
From me moves on...
I wonder if you'll want me near?
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