Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

You want it played fair.
With a score card even.
Cunning from your point of view.
And crafted as 'you' choose.
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Through due process,
Some expect a progress with success.
But through due process,
Success is not what people always get.
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If you had not been a poet,
What other field of endeavor...
Would you have chosen to pursue?
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Isn't it sweet...
When beliefs kept,
Become validated.
And a berating done becomes obsolete,
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You should want to be,
At your best when tested.

Those who do,
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There is a wish you admit,
That I should in you believe.
And I should accept your weaknesses,
To keep my own hidden and unconfessed.
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Why are you leaving me a tree and a rock?
We here are experiencing a severe deficit crisis.
And we need more from our clients,
Than sarcastic gifts!
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That 'senior citizen' thing,
Isn't easy for many to face and address.
And...
I am not comfortable with it yet.
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I see them in the heavens above your head.
I hear them from your eyes with the words unsaid.
Ahhhhhhh...
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhhhhhh.
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The next time you awaken,
Do not generalize your negativity.
Go straight to the nearest mirror,
And thank God you were blessed...
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