Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I invited some folks to watch
While they did what they did.
So as not to give my biased opinion!
They thought I exaggerated.
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First of all...
I know it's not just all about me.
Only in my mind I am told.
And that seems to be aging rapidly!
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My hands seem to tremble...
And not as nimble as they were.
My legs seem to shake,
With each step I take.
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I'm looking at the bright side.
I need to taste fresh flavors wasting.
Nobody can really do the blues like I do.
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Encouraged by a discouragement...
Seems to be the steps flights begin to take.
Like the discovery of a nothingness,
A non-entity ignored...
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I too wish I had much more to offer!
I am sure I will...
As soon as time allows!
What about you?
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Let's see!
You don't know what you want?
Nor do you know who you are?
Wouldn't you be better off claiming to have amnesia?
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They complain of a lack of involvement,
But have chosen to qualify those
Who wish to become involved.
And when no one wants to become involved...
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Wait a minute?
That doesn't make sense!
Because you have become successful...
Doing what you have always done,
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I come to dwell in this loneliness.
It is my turn to do it as I wish!
I am not that far away from moonbeams,
And stars.
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