Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

We the people...
Seem to become influenced,
By nonsense competitions.
Especially those that come to leadership.
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Promises made and not kept...
Are not easy to forgive or forget.
Those that do this are usually met,
With less respect than they expect...
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Clarity.
There is something about it...
That lightens the burden,
Of becoming victimized by misunderstandings.
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Trillions they owe.
Trillions are owed to them.
And still they encourage everyone,
To spend spend spend.
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Shuffling among the 'nots'!
Those who have,
Can keep what they've got.
I like the nonchalants.
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These days we live are not for pretensions.
Or those with assumptions...
Who can't give it to anyone straight.
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Dirt diggers in the midst.
With a maliciousness unresisted.
Whisper they drift to and fro.
Stirring up rumors wherever they go!
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Of course they have depicted me as a fool.
Wouldn't you...
If I came along to infect,
A collective ignorance the others project!
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Recaptured,
From desires of wanting favorite seasons...
To remain unchanged.
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The evidence that dissects their shallowness,
Has begun to surface.
And purposes to keep this hidden...
Has decadence becoming a valued way of life.
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