Analysis of Teachings Taught

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



From teachings taught,
To have lessons learned.
Today?
There are more questions to ask,
About those who seem allowed...
To perform ignorant tasks from the past.
As if to seek a purpose and reason,
For wishing to inflict...
Conflicts to live them.
With a re-enactment studied,
Frame by frame.
And televised...
In these high definition,
Close up to touch a nose days.
Imitated by our children and encouraged,
By parents and teachers too afraid...
A truth to face and defend against,
Is a cruel predicament.
And...
Better lived it would be,
Is to delude and fiction...
A reality to control over successfully.
Using a method inflicted subliminally!

You know...
Black hat wearers are the enemies.
White hat wearers?
They are masquerading doves.
Hiding halos and hidden angel wings.

And...
The only way to protect,
The innocent minds...
Of their disrespectful undisciplined,
And rude rule disobeying children!
Who...
For whatever the reason,
Seem to have learned such lessons...
In Christian God fearing environments.
While listening to scriptures quoted.
Coming out of the mouths of parents,
Teachers, preachers, relatives...
Friends, neighbors.
And peaceful quilt makers.
Where love, hugs and positive attitudes,
Are welcomed on a daily basis!
Although...
Unconsciously influenced,
By supporters of 'Critical Race Theory'.
Those depicted from pulpits as being,
Decadent demons.
Heathens promoting,
Wickedness and mental pain.

'You say to claim,
You have no idea...
How your sons and daughters too.
Became gun toting drug selling thugs!?'

'I swear to you,
All of this is a shock.
I am without appropriate words to say.
Surprisingly I am,
To be confronted....
With such upsetting news.'

'And this is what you want,
The World to believe?'

'Of course!
I mean...
Yes.
Now...
Do I get to approve the editing?'

'Editing?
What editing?'

'Before my grief is released to the media,
For all to see.
I want to approve,
The camera angles.
And my profile.
Which has always been my right side.
You see...
My right side has more personality!
And talents I frequently deny having.'

'I don't believe this!'

'It's true.
That's why I am requesting,
All shots redone if I am not captured...
In the best tearjerking performance.
Oscar worthy!'

'What about your children?
Their well-being and state of mind?
We are here to discuss,
The disgusting behavior of your children!
Where it developed?
And..
What made them become,
Lovers of crime and loyal to corruption?'

'Your words?
Your words are a bit harsh.
I think they might like crime.
And maybe some juvenile adventures.
But lovers and loyal to these misdeeds?
Is not how I would describe my children.
One day...
They will learn,
When opportunities...
Like these to them come?
To Jump on them, baby!
Clearly they pay me no attention.
But, you know...
God is good all the time.
But if your eyes are not open,
To recognize the deal?
That...
Can not be taught.
You feel me?'

'Cut camera! Stop filming.
We are going to film the entire interview,
Over again.
Calm down.
Compose yourself.

Crew? Let's move inside that church.
This time,
Inside the church you attend?
At least,
This will give the viewing audience...
From your point of view as a parent,
Some credibility.
And empathy to you given.'

'That's great.
Hopefully other parents will become,
Inspired by my sacrifices.
It is not easy these days,
Raising children who seem incapable...
To show their appreciation!
Oh yes!
If it's okay with you...
I would like the interview to begin,
With my favorite hymn.
Then a slow fade-in on my face.
As I walk down the aisle!
Then...
A close up on my face.
The right side.
With my eyes looking up to heaven!'

'You know,
This is an interview.
And not an audition!'

'And...
You say that to say what?
To have what understood to mean?
Remember...
I am the talent.
Giving you undeserved director credit!'

'This is absolutely preposterous!'

'I love it.
We'll keep it as the title,
For my documentary!'

'Ssshhh.
Hush up.
Do you want our creativity stolen?
Without a press release?
Who taught you,
To just give away your skills like that?'


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Poetic Form Tetractys  (29%)
Etheree  (21%)
Metre 1101 11101 01 1111011 0111101 1011001101 1111010010 110101 01111 10101010 111 010 011010 1111011 100110100010 110010101 011100101 10100100 0 101111 1101010 010101100100 1001001001000 11 111010100 1110 110101 1010010101 0 0101101 01001 110100100 01101010 1 110010 1111110 0101100100 110011010 101101110 1010100 110 010110 111010010 110101010 1 100100 10101100110 1010110110 10010 1010 1000101 1111 111010 1110101 011101101 1111 111101 11010100111 010011 11010 110101 011111 01101 11 11 1 1 1111010100 100 1100 011110110100 1111 11101 010010 011 1111111 11 111110100 01011000110 11011 11 1111010 1101111110 0011010 1010 101110 11100111 111101 00100101110 11010 0 11101 10110101010 11 111011 111111 0101100010 1100101101 1111101110 11 111 10100 11111 111110 101111010 111 111101 11111110 11001 1 1111 111 1100110 111011001010 1001 11 0101 1110111 11 0101101 11 111010100 111111010 10100 01001110 11 1001010101 01011100 1111011 1010110100 1110010 11 11111 111010101 111001 10110111 111101 1 011111 011 111101110 11 11110 011010 0 111111 1110111 010 11010 1010101010 110100100 111 1111010 110100 1 11 11110010010 010101 111 111011111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 4,084
Words 866
Sentences 127
Stanzas 21
Stanza Lengths 23, 5, 23, 4, 6, 2, 5, 2, 9, 1, 5, 8, 19, 5, 8, 16, 3, 6, 1, 3, 6
Lines Amount 160
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 147
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted by lpahtillah on December 23, 2021

Modified by lpahtillah on December 23, 2021

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