Living Within And Behind Walls Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Consented to give it or not it to get,
Folks who have obtained...
Their public personas,
Are often the ones hypocritical to contradict...
Their high standards and moral beliefs to keep,
Only demonstrated to impress in public speeches.
But when that spotlight dims and begins to go off,
They too are sneaking away from pretentions...
To participate in a familiar sleaze privately.
As correctness and clothes are thrown somewhere,
Tossed.
Until that attention to them given,
Has been scheduled again for the next public event.

People living within and behind walls,
To declare and say walls divide and provide conflicts...
Are not the people whose opinions given to decide,
Should feel themselves authorized to criticize...
Anyone choosing to live the reality of their lives.
And to do...
Not to contradict hypocritical statements made,
In public...
While masquerading to charade their shady ways.