Bookends Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Side effects accepted,
Should be broken from our hold.
You and I...
Are better off to let them go.

Side effects accepted,
Should be broken from our hold.
You and I...
Should know.

Together we are better as a set.
Bookends.
Together as a package when we met.
Bookends.
Supporting with our best,
A kept togetherness.

Side effects,
Are nothing but pests.
We should keep them noticed,
With our kept togetherness.

Bookends.
Together as a package.
Bookends.
Better as a set.
Bookends,
Freed from weighted baggage.
Bookends,
Without those side effects.

Side effects accepted,
Should be broken from our hold.
You and I...
Are better off to let them go.

Bookends.
Together as a package.
Like,
Bookends...
Better as a set.
Like,
Bookends...
Freed from weighted baggage.
Like...
Bookends,
Without those side effects.