Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

It becomes difficult to witness,
Someone struggling to untangle...
From a web they did weave strategically.
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For the first time in many lives,
There are those facing reality.
Some are now seeing...
That the taking away from someone else,
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To declare someone or a thing done,
As popular...
Is a point of view.
Like a fad one embraces,
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If it's felt with-in-side,
And you've got it
That good rhythm!
That rhythm would be in your feet.
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Which intentional humiliation hurts worse?
The one publicly done and does not affect?
Or the one that 'does' affect.
The intending doer expecting 'that',
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Specifically they have selected people,
To present and represent their interests.
But since widespread wrongdoing has been uncovered,
Those who made specific their selections...
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All the damage that has been done,
They did to themselves.
And all the warnings that came to them,
Whether told or shown...
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Those who 'use' to be the ones,
Depicted as fools.
With a diminishing done,
To any influence they might have had...
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Most are scandal driven and bitter people.
Undermining behind the scenes.
And creating those scenerios...
To demean those unsuspecting.
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When does an obscenity achieve,
Acceptance status?
There was a time years ago...
A saving of a cuss word to use,
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