Homegrown Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

If I was an unknown...
Would I be a better habit?
If you could not cast your eyes upon me,
Would you care to not freely,
Daily let me 'have it'?

I would walk about,
Without your 'penetrating' burn!
You could save those actions made,
For someone else you've chosen to earn.

And if you had not known my views,
Or my philosophy that's kept.
You would not think of me publicly,
In terms to belittle to spew words of disrespect!

Why bother taking time for that?
Your eyes may roll...
But you and I have never met!

If I was an unknown...
Would I be a better habit?
If you could not cast your eyes upon me,
Would you care to not freely,
Daily let me 'have it'?

Or are those signs of implied affection?
And in my 'imperfections' stated...
I've misunderstood your comments!
And I've should have dispelled...
Your loud obnoxious yells,
As a way of showing me you are actually elated! ?

I had not known!
Since like you...
I am also homegrown!