Lawrence S. Pertillar

Gold Star - 48,706 Points (February/'47 / Connecticut, USA)

poet Lawrence S. Pertillar

Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

17841. ~64~ 9/27/2010
17842. Lady Gaga 10/20/2009
17843. 1647 10/5/2008
17844. We Can 9/2/2008
17845. When I Had A Crush On You 9/12/2008
17846. Nigger, Nigger, Nigger...Nigguhs 12/9/2006
17847. 20% Unemployment Looms 1/26/2009
17848. Adventure 10/1/2006
17849. A Peace They'D Find 9/10/2006
17850. Black History Month 12/17/2006
17851. Thank You Father 12/11/2006
17852. 2010 9/25/2009
17853. ~63~ 11/1/2009
17854. Been There 12/3/2007
17855. 2008 11/17/2007
17856. A Love To Hate 11/20/2006
17857. 2007 12/31/2006
17858. (the) Depthness Of This Kind Of Introspect... 11/23/2008
17859. 2009 9/17/2008
17860. (further Away) From The Year Two Thousand And Eight 12/28/2008
17861. ~60~ 9/21/2006
17862. '...I Feel Like I'Ve Been Robbed! ' 12/16/2008
17863. ~62~ 10/13/2008
17864. ...And 'Now' I Lay Me Down To Sleep 5/21/2009
17865. Michael Joseph Jackson 6/25/2009
17866. (the) Fate Of Fatal Lovers 3/14/2009
17867. ' The Freed Of Getting Frisked At Your Risk Foundation ' 5/25/2011
17868. (the) Budding Grace Of April 4/28/2007
17869. (the) Benefit Of Needless Conflict 4/12/2009
17870. (the) Bigger Lie 5/14/2009
17871. $5 A Barrel Of What? 3/6/2008
17872. A Broken Heart Within 9/25/2007
17873. (the) Acceptance Of A Nothingness 5/9/2009
17874. $10 A Gallon? 3/18/2008
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Best Poem of Lawrence S. Pertillar

$10 A Gallon?

$10 a gallon?
For what?

'Does that really matter now?
When it approached
One dollar per gallon...
You should have voiced your concern then!
Not when your pockets have gotten thin.
And deepened to hold more lint!
You want to make cents?
Put these sunglasses on.
Grab a twig from a bush...
And get to begging!
MAYBE...
You might gain some sympathy,
From someone who recognizes you are in disguise.
And they are in the mood,
To share with you their good attitude.
IF they have some of 'that' left! '

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You Know The Ones

Aren't you tired of the folks who pass judgement?
You know the ones...
Quick to tell you how you should live
Always taking handouts from those they take for granted,
Criticizing the people who take their time to give.

Aren't you sick of those who waste your time to gossip?
You know the ones,
Glued to phones like weapons,

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