Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Gone from the scene is 2018.
And its seduction to dysfunctions.
Qualifying disruptions.
To normalize as a way of life.
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It does not matter,
How basic words can be used.
Defined to mean and said.
To lessen confusion.
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Addicted to observation.
Hooked.
To what is available.
Out in the open and free to see.
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What should be kept important to everyone.
With it effectively showing aspects,
To one day affect us all.
Only becomes important to the ones,
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It's too precious to be wreckless with it.
Life to live.
Too precious it is,
To treat as if a toy.
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Heard.
But not from the one,
To hear statements made.
With words quoted.
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An expressed presence of compassion,
Is still there.
Shown by those who feel it felt.
Although very few are holding their breath.
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A browning to fear it.
Has yet to keep,
The thieves from going near it.
Or feast upon imitations,
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Is astonishment to fake it.
The same as faking to be astonished.
These days it is difficult,
To know the difference.
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Enlighten that darkness.
Do whatever it takes,
To escape away from it.
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