For Purposes Of Clarification
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
You will not take from me,
What I have earned to own.
To then declare,
It yours to possess.
Done redundantly heard to repeat.
A teaching a classroom of mockingbirds.
How it has been living being victimized.
Or of having to face,
Being replaced by truth deluded to fiction!
Until this B.S. fed,
Becomes disgested in heads.
Prepared for conflict.
And multiple visits with psychologists.
And...
While I am here,
To clear a road unpaved to make my way...
Through a life of challenges and obstacles.
For purposes of clarification,
Identifiable with an infestation to manifest.
Entitlements given to have them 'bestowed',
Upon those expecting them distributed.
As a process of a democracy blessed.
That has spoiled its people to believe,
Disrespecting others is an achievement.
To do as they please.
On foreign shores too to ignore,
Their cultures, customs, way of life.
Language and religious beliefs to refuse.
With a doing to expect and receive,
Royal treatment.
When unconscious are most,
Growing up as adults.
Without common sense to value.
And socially illiterate.
Incapable to think independently.
But...
Prepared they are to protect and defend,
Reasons to end a democracy with ignorance!
To want and prefer incompetent leadership.
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Written on May 28, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on May 28, 2023
Modified by lpahtillah on May 28, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,234 |
Words | 240 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 4, 26 |
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