Lawrence S. Pertillar Rehabilitation Poems

Something that they've done together.
And dumped at someone's mama's house.
If not left at an orphanage to be adopted.
Or dropped into adulthood to be forgotten.
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You are much different,
From the kind of person...
I heard you are and would be.
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There is nothing innocent,
That can compare these children today...
To an innocence that lacks a discipline,
Children did not get yesterday.
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