Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

We can not all be shocked
By the speed of that which has been dropped.
The speed of upheaval that has blocked prevention,
To stop mind rot!
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'Behold not long those days you crave.
Things that enslave will craze.
And those who seethe will rage and bleed! '
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To tell many of them,
They have been programmed...
To self destruct.
Would be like telling ducks,
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Whatever that is in your mind,
Keeping it confined to Once Upon A Time
Fantasized stories...
With such a determination to see them come to life,
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Tripped out,
Over their finances.
Doubts begin to cloud their minds...
With a suggestion to breathe deeply.
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You may see it now on your visit.
With a wish to claim it for yourself to get.
But you chose to get away to run.
Making no investment,
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Temperatures heat up slow.
Some boil to explode.
Steaming to show outside...
What can no longer hide.
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It makes little sense,
To keep a monitoring done...
Of their self destructiveness.
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Why on Earth are all those people standing in line.
So patient they seem.
And not one hint of any conflict between them.
All representing different ethnic 'persuasions' too.
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At this point...
It doesn't matter...
Who did what that offended.
Or who begins our public arguments.
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