Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

One thing I have learned not to confirm.
That would be my inabilities!
I have learned to affirm my assets.
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You want the upper hand.
You want to make demands.
You want it clear as crystal,
At your command.
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Those who are fortunate,
To heed to those messages sent...
By listening or reading to comprehend,
What has been delivered and mentioned to them...
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When the Sun came,
I felt the warmth...
Straightening my back,
And elongating the stretched etches...
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Your replacements have arrived!
Those of you who shucked and jived,
With shuffled shtick that got you stuck...
In a way of life endorsed by fat back chats,
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For you...
I could never be another fool.
I'm the same one I've always been,
For you.
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I have yet to be that kind of person,
To awaken then look out of a window...
To determine how I am going to feel.
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Vindicated!
When you've been vindicated,
There's a feeling that is felt this is elated.
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There is no sense in hiding.
What does one hide?
And from whom?
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Scrap those plans,
To keep delusions safe...
In a protected place.
Realities must be faced.
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