Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Sacrificing the expected,
To be the unaccepted self
One is.
Regardless if tears fall.
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Mandatory awakenings,
Are eclipsing on the horizon.
Fading fast are thoughts from the past...
And a firm grasp on delusions,
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Bloated misquotes,
Intentionally spoken to provoke...
With schemes planted,
By the shallow minded.
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There they were sitting,
Like hens in a den.
Stacked together cackling tight...
Like bowling pins grouped,
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Rotated monotony,
Gives hope to those
Unable to free
From perceptions linked,
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Lured to get involved,
With an unleashing that tempts...
The flowing of a little bit of wickedness.
Then abandoned...
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Laugh.
I want you to do it,
Until you are through.
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I'm not in it for the fashion.
Or to shake my 'booty' to the music.

I represent what I feel.
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Goodnight teaser.
With your emptiness,
And suspicous intent!
You sent two drinks,
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Bridled on roads no longer disturbing.
With a weakened back patched...
From shoulders hunched,
And freed of carrying ancestral anger launched.
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