Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

The best gift?
Knowing.
An arrival of acknowledgement comes.
Anxieties are eased.
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With a strategic shallowness uncontested,
It is not easy to mistake what is obvious.
But it is...
Quite mistaken.
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Monday is not the Tuesday it once was!
When it was then January.
But then...
Neither were your shoes always the same size!
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Should my testicles be that,
Of one born with Gemini Rising?
Should my buttocks be as thick,
As one with Venus and Moon in Capricorn?
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Why do they waste time,
Trying to find the deeds of others...
Insignificant!
When their own activities,
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You have to give some folks much love.
If you have it and it's known...
Share it with those in need.
Especially those who feed on myths.
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Some aspire to have it.
Many do,
With charisma too.
Others claim to fame,
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A toast to the boasting rant.
Bluster dusting those in whispered chants.
Scatting with street corner bravado...
Being rodomontadinous.
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How am I qualified?
I would not be selected,
To be in your presence!
What experience do I have?
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He...
Of mundane ramblings.
Seeking attention that does not come.
He is stunned.
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