Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

You were led wilfully to the gutter.
Now you complain there's no spring water,
To drink?
And your utilities aren't affordable?
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I've experienced it.
I've witnessed it,
A countless number of times.
I've seen some put up with it.
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Appeasing to your comforts...
Is not my wish at all.
I desire a satisfaction lifted,
From a place that keeps you stalled.
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'What are you doing? '

Taking off my kid gloves.
Flexing my muscles...
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Everything once meant something to them.
Everything they saw and had between them then.
Now that something meant...
When they first began,
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By a show of hands.
How many of you discovered,
You had increased difficulty...
Dealing with reality last year?
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Keep doing what you are doing!
And stay in one spot.
Eventually 'someone' will be curious...
And will stop to see what you've got!
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Somewhere in your conversation,
You have forgetten to mention...
It was you who took my attention,
And walked out on me!
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We provide,
Too many excuses.
And allow escapes,
From a lack of discipline.
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Some suspect I am into myself!
I play along with it.
To amuse their curiousities.
Knowing they have no idea...
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