Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Looking for quantity over substance?
A quality has been drained.
Seductions induced...
To produce brains limited of depth.
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Why wait and sit,
With anticpation?
Has it been deposited,
Within anyone...
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She was told it would prick,
If she put her hand on it.
And sure enough it did.
I slide her hand
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The journey would never have been this treacherous,
If we had taken the direct route...
And quickly landed on Reality!
At least we had the light of the Sun with us.
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A love wished has been found!
All restrictions are lifted.
Any sacrifices to keep it hidden,
Can no longer keep it mistakened!
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I have not witnessed the Scottish Pine,
With branches crooked as those
Of the Oak or Maple trees.
Or the bark of Birch,
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Stop.Stop.Stop!
What are you doing on this block?
There is nothing for us to share.
Not even accidental hellos...
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You remember the wedding?
And I was quick to say I do?
You remember the divorce?
And you were quick to say,
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With all of their 'knowledge'
And quick access to 'facts'.
Very few express wisdom.
With a common sense attached.
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Leave what 'is' to be...
As it is!

That which isn't?
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