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Best Poems From
LAWRENCE S. PERTILLAR
(February/'47)
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Encouraged To Lie
Making it all up,
As they go along.
Most children do that.
Pre-fabricating,
With undeniable excitement.
Whether in the telling of their stories.
Or, In the singing of their songs.
And we listen to them.
Telling them how important it is,
To use their imaginations as gifts given.
With lessons we teach...
How significant it is to expand one's mind.
Some children do grow,
And break free from this practice.
Knowing when for them a reality begins.
And when an adolescence for them ends.
Some children do leave their immaturities behind.
Others remain to embellish their entire existences.
Confusing the difference between right and wrong,
In the telling of their stories.
Whether or not they are sung in songs.
And convincingly deceive to have others believe.
From dawn until night lingers on.
With a kept belief.
That their realities created,
Should not leave anyone upset.
Especially if their imagined realities,
Have brought a benefit that many later regret.
And the ones not understanding with a comprehension,
Are those who all their lives.
Have been encouraged to lie.
And in their minds they see no reason why,
This should not have been left to go on existing.
Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Encouraged to See the Misdeeds of Others
If I want my neighbor to project
And reflect a wholesomesness,
Why do I continue to tolerate
Such a stench in my own backyard?
My whining becomes more and more absurd!
Holding onto spoiled attitudes that self service,
Undeserved.
Or without hint that I will discard by listening...
To criticisms about me I've heard!
My views are right,
And I protect them fighting.
I'm not accustomed to insightful biting words!
I've been encouraged to see the misdeeds of others...
And ignore those of my own I've incurred!
Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Encouragement
It is a feeling unexplained,
When someone acknowledges...
A good thing done.
And if a family member,
Or a friend does it...
It becomes twice as nice to share.
Those who do good things and enjoy them...
Deserve the encouragement that is given.
And they too will learn to do the same.
Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Encouragement of Inappropriateness
How can they be corrected?
When eyes have been set upon,
Incorrectness.
How can a pride be handed to them?
When
Generations manifesting
Indecision, temptation and sin
Is branded upon them!
Who introduces which roads to take?
When appetites are prepared,
To satiate themselves
In a world saturated by hate!
Have you awakened too late to realize...
How can these misfortunes thrive.
And be there to smothered guilt felt inside,
Not to show remorse?
Or something that may reflect upon it!
What can be said about doing one's best...
When lies and lack of pride,
Seems to infest
With an encouragement of inappropriateness!
That feeds a mental unrest that is projected.
And protected from self examinations confessed,
By those declared dangerous...
To a way of life loved by the rest!
Observed digesting,
With drooped heads,
About to nap!
Lawrence S. Pertillar
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