Unblemished Integrities Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Above the chaos to stir and shaken awake,
The normalcy of their malaise.
People are deciding they should become appalled,
By comments said and in privacy between...
Others to have made them.
And publicly released,
Unlawfully to create an uproar
Although downloaded,
On cherished mobile devices...
Are 'selfies' taken,
By worshipped celebrities...
Exposing much more,
Than Adam and Eve...
Could have ever imagined.

Now...
Let's turn down the volume,
On what's marketed on TV.
In which found at anytime,
Is glorified corruption...
Domestic abuse, theft.
And violence of all kinds.
To still leave many left,
Wondering why...
Disrespecting children,
Seem to be appearing...
Everywhere.
Out of their minds.
And finding nothing wrong,
Imitating these crimes.

With delusions kept sacred,
As they are meant to keep...
A majority of the people,
Expect from their leaders...
High moral ideals,
To dignify valued standards.
And resent the rise,
Of a decadence they have come,
To pride.
Yet...
Not too many are heard,
Complaining...
To have spent their paychecks.
Doing the best they can,
To keep up with the times...
They have come to find,
Repulsive.

And collectively,
Hypocrites and those...
Selecting themselves to be,
Among the self-righteous...
Come forward as if...
They represent the last ones,
Reflecting those who are left
With unblemished integrities.
And lives to have lived,
Casting stones...
From glass houses.