Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I...
Am not the same,
As...
I use to be.
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You 'must' be nuts?
You've got to be!

You are telling me,
I can not have...
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Double talkers feed poison using double speak.
With a building of a bridge,
Constructed on the strength of lies told.
And hoping friends, relatives...
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Manipulators manipulating manipulate.
Once they've uncovered loopholes,
With a fascination to undo and dilute...
A taste to undermine a process that eliminates,
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Whatever to you is said,
There you are behind to follow.
Whatever to you is read,
There you are behind to follow.
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And like the eldest born knows,
Experiments take place.
And like the eldest born knows,
Expectations have their weight...
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If you've got a snotty nose,
Learn to wipe it.
And if somebody's on your toes,
Don't be invited to ignite...
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It has already proven not to be,
Beneficial or cost effective...
To have issued lifetime memberships,
Or seasonal tickets...
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I tried to tell you what I could do for you.
I tried to tell you that my love for you was true.
But,
What did you do?
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We raise what is planted.
We reap what is sown.
We harvest to eat what is cooked.
And these trite expressions,
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