Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

It would be wonderful to awaken,
In an environment...
Where the people found it,
To the best of their interests...
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With a making of their own choices,
And the following done of their beliefs...
Why are those outside of the loop,
Blamed for infringing upon their rights?
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It doesn't always pay to stay up-to-date,
And fresh with a keeping abreast...
Of the current fashion craze raising eyebrows.
Or what today is considered to be the 'latest'...
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There comes a time in one's life,
No matter how they were raised...
And who wasn't there to attend their graduations.
That a placing fault and blame on someone else,
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You have taken our relationship totally out of context.
My showing respect and love for you,
Does not mean I am weak and have stopped competing.
I am seeking a mate.
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No one clearly appearing from out of the 'blue'...
Smeared with mud and smelling of fried chicken,
Can proclaim an innocence,
Of not being involved in a brawl...
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A credit crunch?
Is that the same,
As having a lack of funds...
To pay for debts owed?
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I never thought it would be wrong,
To question what was going on.
Or...
Feel reluctant,
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Looking out of windows,
Wondering what life holds...
May offer some enchantment.
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Those days that come,
With a visiting from darkness.
Seem to stay with us forever,
When we are young.
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