By indignities men come to dignities.
quote by Francis Bacon
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Within HIS Inner Circle
He is wearing them out.
Their accustomed indignities...
Are now sought by him,
To come spewing from their mouths.
And everyday the same insults,
Seem as if they come from little kids.
The ones that wish to bully...
But the one they wish to do it to,
Seems to thrive on it...
As if it was nourishment that it gives.
He is wearing them out.
Their accustomed indignities...
Are now sought by him,
To come spewing from their mouths.
They seek his birth certificate.
Something to prove he actually exists.
Their verbal obscenities have become useless.
And his arrogance displayed,
Appears to thrive on it!
'We've secured his birth certificate.
And he has already exposed his own dirt.
His intelligence is something we have never encountered.
And intimidating him has driven us to exhaustion.
Even the threat of death,
Produces on his face a grin.
He acts as if...
He 'is' The Almighty.
Or someone extremely close,
Within HIS inner circle.'
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Tongues Enclosed Within Cheeks
How am I qualified to live my life?
That's an interesting question...
Coming from the likes of someone like you.
Someone assigned to watch what I do.
Getting paid a salary to monitor me too.
Then to come uninvited into my comfort zone...
Looking for ways to have me condoned,
In my own home.
To ask how I am qualified to live my life?
I guess as much as you are...qualified.
If you can leave here with undiminished pride.
And with those same indignities remembered.
Those same indignities you do not at all try to hide.
I was taught to observe others with tolerance.
But I have learned to teach,
How to keep tongues enclosed within cheeks.
And how one's teeth should be whitened to make clear,
What deliberate lips wish for someone like you to kiss.
And to remember it as an undenying qualification,
People like you not expecting that is kept in preparation!
'I appreciate that.
You are not like the others.
You express an intelligence.
And...
Your diction?
So crisp and understandable.
I am impressed AND amazed.'
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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You Must Come Out of Disguise
I know my willingness to assist you,
Comes as a surprise.
But I've noticed your list of repeated indignities,
Needs a fresher delivery.
And you must come out of disguise.
If you insist upon using the same list,
You must approach those of 'lowlife' you depict...
With an undeniable,
Sincere sensibility...
If you choose what you say to stick.
You see...
They've grown accustomed to your capabilities.
And they believe you have yet to expose,
The depth of your sleaze.
They feel there is more you have yet to show.
I'd like to offer some suggestions...
Since your lack of commitment is in question.
You've infuriated the people with a periodic tease.
Their expectations have grown.
And like them I too believe...
Those who create and bait animosities,
Should not deliver them just to leave.
Your ability to deceive should be given proper credit.
Every aspect of it was from your mind as conceived.
I know my willingness to assist you,
Comes as a surprise.
But I've noticed your list of repeated indignities,
Needs a fresher delivery.
And you must come out of disguise.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.
quote by William Shakespeare
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There is a touch of divinity even in brutes, and a special halo about a horse, that should forever exempt him from indignities.
quote by Herman Melville
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Nothing Short Of Purgatory
The purposeful strides
of youth
to the painful short steps
of old age
the final stage
from purgatory's indignities
to death.
poem by Vince Gullaci
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Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.
quote by Francis Bacon
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After The Talk
after the talk
i walk and take a
little distance
not wanting to hear
what you said
a while ago...
it is sad
when words serve
no purpose
but to tell about
pain and elaborate
on the sourness
of sorrow
it would have been
easier for me
that before you go
you have not
said some
words so unkind
and so undeserving
of the dignities
of past memories.....
go now
i have enough of you!
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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The dead in heaven is too happy to grieve for indignities to his corpse; the dead in hell has too much else to grieve for.
Mindset Insensitized
The stripping of humanity.
And feeding of indignities.
No choice is left.
And none perceived.
As a knitting of a global,
Community breeds.
To leave a few in riches.
While millions die,
By a mindset insensitized.
To eliminate people like flies.
Similar to what one does,
When using a pesticide.
Or insecticide,
OR...
Cyanide
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Why does she put me to many indignities
Why does she put me to many indignities,
Shifts to prevent myself thinking upon her,
My golden Katie, who loveth not kisses?
I wear my new dresses and put on silk stockings,
All to prevent myself thinking upon her,
Who is more lovely than fair river-lilies.
poem by Lesbia Harford
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A Collective Commitment To Rid
Never has it ever paid,
To exaggerate what takes place...
In someone's life to incite an invitation,
To spread indignities and lies.
Because of something done that is disliked.
All one has to do is to look around,
To see the damage done.
And if it is admitted as it seldom is,
Less incorrect information that is fed to wound...
To use effectively as weapons,
Would rid most small town communities of their problems.
IF...
The doing of this,
Becomes a collective commitment to rid.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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All Over the Place
They've allowed innuendo to grow.
Slander to meander.
Petty gossip to pop up!
Nosiness to remain top on their lists.
And questionable 'christian' values,
To determine 'how' to acknowledge themselves.
And no one has an identity they show...
Or can say they 'know' to pride!
Apparently that has been sacrificed
For the right to express indignities...
With a disrespect shown and owned.
'WHERE are you going with 'this'? '
I am not going anywhere with it!
In fact...
This crap is all over the place!
And I can't get it off my welcome mat!
Even with the use of tact!
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Boxed In and Toxic
Boxed in and toxic.
Caged in derangements,
They seek as shelters.
Yet exploited and encourage,
To denounce themselves...
And what is left of their dignities.
Religiously addicted,
By tricks that have them fixed.
Some are even degreed.
But accept a fellowship...
That assist them quicker,
To solicit their own sickness.
And this they can't seem to 'get'.
Since they've been split from identities.
In worship they dream of an afterlife.
While hypnotically separated,
From the one they breathe.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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The Promotion Of A Nothingness
The promotion of a nothingness,
To coverup insecurities...
Is as pronounced as those with them,
Who continue to make attempts to smother...
The uselessness of their incompetence,
That has expose them and their failures...
In everything touched that has been done they do!
And this has always been vocalized,
By those who have stood on the shoulders...
Of ohers who have made true accomplishments.
And all they have done...
Those shouting their indignities,
Is to feed a deceiving of greed inherited...
By a hand-me-down of slick tricks and theft!
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Falling From Failed Indignities
What game is played fair,
When some are blinded on the playing field.
And others are encouraged to practice,
To ensure defeat before opponents 'selected'
Meet.
Some feel they have the right,
To dictate what others should do...
At 'their' presumed guaranteed disadvantage.
Only when those of 'sin'
Have their backs up against the wall,
Falling from failed indignities administered
Is there a call...
Loud and clear,
That hostilities should not be used,
To motivate those handicapped and winning!
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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When We Shall Meet Again
i have storms within my head
some thoughts are flown away and i am left with this usual emptiness
that scares me no more
must i tell you about it? i won't
i know that you too have tornadoes inside your guts
and i may prolong it with my own agonies
to each his own, to suffer and then to be redeemed again
by the strength of our silence
when the calm day comes when we all walk with dignities intact
perhaps we shall meet each other with a smile
we sit upon a chair beside a round table facing the far horizon
and we tell ourselves, 'oh we have traveled this far
and we know we are still doing well'
and then we sip our hot coffees and partake with our cookies
over a very cold evening.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Hard Crossing
Where is that daunting monster
Boogie man in life’s shadow
Master mentor and concierge
Whose touch I’ve come to know
To you I’ll waste no breath
Beauty is not long and septic
My daunting docent of death
Midwife to misery work quick
What small dignities remain
Strung of vomiting seconds
Cultures a pearl of great pain
To ferry a man of no direction
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Even If I Had the Time
Whether you believe or accept what I say,
I could care less.
I do not awakened with you on my mind...
In preparation for a contest.
I seek only to be me,
The best I can be.
And long before you chanced upon the scene,
Nothing about my perception of my life lived...
Will be altered by your indignities.
Hopefully something about this I share,
Will make taking care of your own business...
A focus of your priorities!
Since I have certainly placed my own agenda,
On the top of mine!
With none of it to waste on you...
Even if I had the time!
My hobby is production.
And making the effort,
With the seduction of it...
Look easy with every 'piece' released.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Not As Easy As I Make It Look
If I have stated,
Without wavering from it!
That I...
With a consciousness given.
And with a mind I approve,
Am...
Me.
With a doing of me and no one else.
To the best of my ability.
Then why is it,
Those with their own insecurities...
Feel it is 'their' duty,
To convince me with their indignities...
That they are the ones,
I should try to understand! ?
With an attention given done.
Why?
I've got enough on my plate,
Creating my own innovative conversations.
And...
Answering some of those questions I ask myself,
Is not as easy as I make it look.
They have no idea,
Of the challenges and expectations,
I have set for myself to accept.
And the time I have given to this...
Can be mentally draining.
And physically exhausting.
Especially when I have those days,
I am fighting myself just to shut up and be quiet.
Not too many know how difficult a task that is!
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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