Virgin Versions
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Quick to defend a pretending,
To have a wholesomeness untouched.
With a giving their virgin versions,
Of how an innocence to have portrayed...
Should at least be convincing enough.
Without openly admitting,
Committing betrayal.
And yet...
Unbelievable to hear heard words to address,
Why someone...
Would choose treason to deceive,
As an excuse to accuse others...
Of denying a lie or two to tell when children.
That has nothing to do,
With being an adult.
Claiming to have never had the urge,
To be tempted by another...
For that one opportunity to feel,
What it is like to share...
The penitrating of lieing minds.
To later confess,
A choice to have consciously made...
Had been a mistake.
Done with this to wish an innocence returned!
'Uh...
As I understand this.
In ways you would like it understood.
You are saying,
What you did to volunteer...
Should not be suspected as going all the way.
And...
When you say,
Going all the way?
Exactly,
What do you mean by that?'
'I found nothing breathtaking about it.
No rushing to appease,
An anticipation of overwhelming pleasure.
And besides...
After we did what was done,
At no time did I crave a cigarette.'
'Listen.
You participated in the act.
Correct?'
'Yes.'
'And you did your best,
To tell a better lie.
You confess to that.
Correct?'
'Yes.'
'Once a banana is peeled.
That's it.
To claim you did not know what it was,
Is a version told by someone...
Who assumes another has no idea,
What a virgin is to a conversation.
Upon the first entry of words used.'
'So you are saying,
What is done to enjoy to like or not...
Has nothing to do,
With allowing my innocence to be exposed.'
'Well...
That really depends upon,
How much your innocence had been revealed.
And who provoked who into action.
Although...
Once innocence has been taken away,
Gone too is one's portrayal of it.
Regardless who judges your nonsense.
What on Earth has happened,
To the criminal system when rules and laws...
Had at one time was used and applied.'
'Excuse me?
I didn't understand your statement.'
'I'm shocked.
And overwhelmed with disbelief!'
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Written on September 29, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on September 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 2,084 |
Words | 449 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 17, 11, 6, 3, 4, 7, 4, 11, 2, 2 |
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