Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

No I don't have...
What I do have.
And I do have...
That which I don't.
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You want to know what it is like to be different?
Be different!
However...
In your differentness,
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Temperatures rise,
With the rolling of eyes...
But,
No nobody seems to want to tell,
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You don't want lemon in your tea.
Even though it's mixed in the recipe.
But yet you pour it.
You like to sip a bit while sitting just to pour it.
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Nobody lives,
Without some kind of conflict going on...
That is personalized and thought to be,
Experienced to feel as if alone.
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Just like you wish certain things in your life...
Did not exist?
What makes you think you are by yourself,
To accept with belief,
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I know this may be disappointing,
But we can not be anyone else.
We are here to be ourselves.
With little time to pass judgement on others.
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Once allowed I did,
The sitting to simmer...
In an acceptance of nonsense.
I believed in the doing of this...
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If an intelligence was based upon,
The reflection of one's competence...
There would be few elected to leadership positions.
Since the requirements would ensure...
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Uptight with an appetite,
To rid it from sight.
With a wish to split,
And done quick...
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