Lawrence S. Pertillar

Gold Star - 48,706 Points (February/'47 / Connecticut, USA)

poet Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

17801. Prenuptials And Divorce 10/8/2006
17802. More Than Materialism 1/14/2007
17803. What Will You Then Do 2/9/2007
17804. To Write 8/26/2007
17805. Your Tongue 7/30/2007
17806. Wash Your Own Plate 4/23/2007
17807. What? And, Why Is This Happening? 4/26/2008
17808. This Poem Is My Worse Effort 4/27/2008
17809. Quite A Fantastic Pair 2/4/2008
17810. Zero 1/24/2008
17811. In Prayer To You 4/25/2009
17812. You Can'T Be Everywhere 6/12/2009
17813. Conceited 8/1/2009
17814. I'Ve Come To You 2/26/2009
17815. A Hole Dug Deep 10/1/2008
17816. Emulation Stimulates 5/4/2014
17817. Racism Kills 5/6/2011
17818. Motown (In Remembrance Of...) 12/18/2006
17819. Don'T Only Focus On The Money 7/31/2012
17820. You Are My Boo...Boo! 1/25/2005
17821. Seasons Come And Seasons Go 8/18/2011
17822. Intoxicated Twigs 1/2/2007
17823. Hoping To Get A Quick Fix Of 'What Ifs' 3/29/2008
17824. A Corner People Thing 5/31/2008
17825. Age 8/5/2007
17826. A Point Of View Expressed 8/25/2007
17827. As A Poet 6/29/2009
17828. I Want To Tell Him I'M Feeling Like That! (Heartache) 10/4/2006
17829. The Moment The New Year Arrives 12/30/2015
17830. Soon! We Will Meet To Greet 5/28/2013
17831. Taking Responsibility 6/11/2014
17832. Androgynoustic Visits 9/25/2006
17833. Like Heat From The Sun 9/14/2006
17834. You Have Raised These Weeds 10/7/2006
17835. You Upset With Me, Father? 9/9/2006
17836. A Mind That Is Alive 4/15/2008
17837. A Kind That Does Not Flaunt 2/23/2008
17838. ¡quiero Que Demasiado Ame! 10/14/2009
17839. ~64~ 9/27/2010
17840. Choosing To Walk On The Right Path 5/10/2011
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Best Poem of Lawrence S. Pertillar

$10 A Gallon?

$10 a gallon?
For what?

'Does that really matter now?
When it approached
One dollar per gallon...
You should have voiced your concern then!
Not when your pockets have gotten thin.
And deepened to hold more lint!
You want to make cents?
Put these sunglasses on.
Grab a twig from a bush...
And get to begging!
MAYBE...
You might gain some sympathy,
From someone who recognizes you are in disguise.
And they are in the mood,
To share with you their good attitude.
IF they have some of 'that' left! '

Read the full of $10 A Gallon?

You Know The Ones

Aren't you tired of the folks who pass judgement?
You know the ones...
Quick to tell you how you should live
Always taking handouts from those they take for granted,
Criticizing the people who take their time to give.

Aren't you sick of those who waste your time to gossip?
You know the ones,
Glued to phones like weapons,

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