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Best Poems From
LAWRENCE S. PERTILLAR
(February/'47)
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Situations Experienced
It is troubling enough to be bombarded by regret.
Haunted by disappointments.
And tossed about emotionally,
Over situations experienced one can not forget.
Or can be soothed by those disbelieving or suspect.
Sometimes a face one tries to mask,
Has a life that seems strained in appearance.
With a drained voice and weak convictions shown.
It becomes difficult to reach feelings unknown
When a paining inside no one outside can see.
Haunted by disappointment and bombarded by regret!
Who knows what one feels and carries in-depth.
If one is inflicted...
Over situations experienced one can not forget.
Or can be soothed by those disbelieving or suspect.
Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Sixty Four Cents Per Gallon
Sixty four cents.
That's all they pay.
Sixty four cents per gallon of gas.
Maybe decades ago...
We too could say.
But today with our 'greatness'
And propaganda that is spread.
A dozen of apples,
And perhaps the cost of embarrassment...
May be less,
Than the price of a loaf of bread.
That's what they pay,
In Saudia Arabia each and every day!
And 'he' who leads this great land of ours...
Was turned away as he begged,
Those he chose as 'friends'.
And they embraced and shook his hand.
Sending him like an annoying child,
Back to his home to play!
Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Skepticism
Before you wanted more.
As a means to demean with skepticism.
Do you wish that I slow down?
That would give you a reason to at least,
Catch up with a critique...
Contradicting the previous one made.
It's your call!
You wanted more of 'that'.
I'll be a little more patient delivering 'this'.
But I can not promise I will do it.
And if I do,
I will not commit to how long!
You don't mind if I prepare dinner do you?
I had no idea this would become a full-time job,
For you.
And if you seem to be hooked...
I will supply you with an endless flow.
As long as that makes you happy.
And I have collected a wealth of recipes,
Over the years to do it!
Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Skewed Ideals Accepted
And pushed beyond disrespecting limits...
Are difficult to change,
For those whose minds have been deranged.
With declarations not to self-examine,
A diminishing observed to be seen advocating insanity.
Since what has been tolerated,
By the ones defending their entitlements...
Has adapted to adopt what protesters can not stop.
And that ball played gone unrecognized,
Had been dropped...
Right in front of conscious eyes promoting lives fantasized.
And with a doing too long ago abused by delusions,
Has today become a part of a quality of life...
Just as much as division, greed...
Deceit, denial and self-righteousness,
Feasted and fed to all to feed as life as it should be.
And now there is a wish to reverse all of this,
By those who blindly implemented it...
To believe their doings would lead to progress.
Lawrence S. Pertillar
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