Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

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21.
Been There

Been there.
With lips poked out.
Doubting my life
Is anything to shout about!
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22.
~63~

Get back!
Get back I say!
Get back.
How dare you sneak up on me like this?
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23.
Thank You Father

Thank You Father,
For giving me this life that I live.
Thank You Father,
For giving me the chances to forgive.
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24.
2010

Twenty ten introduces a seduction,
Infused with a sigh of relief.

Excuses fade away.
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25.
(i See) No Other Blunders

Up! Over here...
I'm hiding.
With eyes on both Mercury and Mars,
Then 'zip' I'm over there near Jupiter
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26.
Black History Month

In January...
There they are making history.
In February...
There they are making history.
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27.
A Peace They'D Find

I threw pennies out to the pigeons,
This morning.
They did not know what to do!
Had I flew the 'coop' with scorning?
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28.
20% Unemployment Looms

20% unemployment looms.
With a slicing away from greed...
To remove the fat,
To restore a leanness to the gleam.
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29.
Adventure

My grandfather, Charlie
Began that family trait!
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30.
Nigger, Nigger, Nigger...Nigguhs

No one bans
Ignorance
Disrespect
Racism and affects,
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