Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Not deciding for yourself,
Who or what you wish to be...
Is no reason why you should,
Make comparisons that could...
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Budget sluts rushing,
From one economic cut...
To another to hide their corrupted ways.
Addicted to a slashing,
...

Despite the dance around scandals,
And the presence of corruption found disbelieved.
Yet now disclosed to be openly discussed.
What's new about these revelations,
...

Does it matter to me,
How my accomplishments are rated?
Or where a history has me placed?

Would it matter to me,
...

Depleted of an energy,
I once sought with a seeking...
To have the abundance of it,
Released easily from me.
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One's desire to contribute,
With a doing done others refuse to do...
Is often interpreted as one who displays ego.
Why would someone like this,
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Only those who rally,
With the keeping of polls and tallies...
In the hopes to sway choices yet made.
To believe what they do has some significance,
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Your wars are not mine to fight.
Nor are they to my neighbors...
Who are welcomed in my home,
And I have invited.
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I do this for you.
I do this for you.
I do this for you.
I do this for you.
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After spending more than sixty years,
Of appearing on various creative stages.
And doing this as if,
The effort has left me with time that is ageless...
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