Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

If you want romance,
Is there still a chance...
You could slip away,
From your quick and grab it habits...
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It is just uncanny.
And quite a mystery to me...
Why acts or violence,
Inequities and disparites...
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Enchant me,
Even with my eyes closed...
You do.
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If I lied about knowing love.
In your mind would I increase,
In value?
Would I be someone you might chase,
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President Obama...
How do you hope to restore the confidence lost,
By millions of Americans who have...
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Everyday is an audition,
For those with gifts and committed.
With strict discipline inflicted,
The ones devoted can not sit.
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If you had not been a poet,
What other field of endeavor...
Would you have chosen to pursue?
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Through due process,
Some expect a progress with success.
But through due process,
Success is not what people always get.
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You want it played fair.
With a score card even.
Cunning from your point of view.
And crafted as 'you' choose.
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Why are you leaving me a tree and a rock?
We here are experiencing a severe deficit crisis.
And we need more from our clients,
Than sarcastic gifts!
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