Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Recession.
Depression.
Suppression.
Oppression...
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When people sell with a doing,
To those who become sold...
They themselves deceive.
With a doing done they say they do,
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With a silenced mind,
Listen to them find...
Excuses to make for themselves.
And those who make excuses,
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People lie.
Especially to themselves.
Because the act of it,
Makes them feel good they can control...
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Before taking The Am I Nuts Test,
Do your best to be objective and prepared...
To declare 'yourself',
As crazy as a bed bug!
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When someone of your own kind,
Does their best to impress...
Those that have oppressed,
Any efforts to address an expressed suppression.
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With a feasting that had to cease,
Those addicted to this most...
Still will not concede,
The reason why their jobs were outsourced...
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If I am not mistaken,
Wasn't it you who stated to me...
Skills I had were being wasted?
And I should concentrate with a more emphasis,
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How to poison a mind?
Keep it fed with lies.

How to lose a mind over time?
One that is kept limited and confined?
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No one I know,
Has stated to have a craving for the mundane.
With wishes to again taste nostalgic visits,
Or have a yearning to recreate those days...
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