Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

A greatness once had,
Can not be recaptured...
By the snap of one's fingers.
Or an emergency visit made,
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Is there anything of quality,
Left that is significant?
Has the praising of mediocrity,
All that remains...
...

Those who remain with wishes,
To see things as they would choose to view them.
And not how things are.
Since things are the way they have been...
...

Look...
Creature!
I can not treat you with respect.
You don't know what it looks like.
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You complain about doing things,
My way.
Although 'your' way...
Is clearly indecisive.
...

I appreciate your efforts,
To clarify the exits.
With an enthused anticipation,
That I'd rehearse...
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A travesty that shadows brilliance,
Contorts the showing of it...
In atmospheres where foolishness,
Seems worshipped and condoned.
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For eight years...
An incompetent leadership,
Rallied behind the support...
Of despair and fear.
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Lesson #1...
You can not convince those,
Who have made up their minds...
That an alternative approach,
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How long...
Do you think we can carry on,
A relationship that has ended
Its mending.
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