Lawrence S. Pertillar America Poems

1.
This Is 'My' America

Oh beautiful it is to awaken each day,
To have choices to make...
And aspire to achieve to unlimited heights.
With a doing to have no one refuse what I like.
...

2.
The Game Players Of America

The game players of America,
Are first bred in our neighborhoods.
They are conditioned to be gangsters,
Crooks and hoodlums.
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3.
America

Even beauty to present it,
Is not without...
Its flaws and blemishes.
Behind,
...

4.
America Matters

For anyone sold,
On racism to buy.
And invest in it.
Along with division and disparities,
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5.
The Greatness Of America

The greatness of America.
Has more of an ethnic face.
Than European.
And facts diminished to erase them,
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6.
America's Colored Backbone

More are getting the time,
And opportunity to witness...
Mostly to disbelieve.
The true color of America's backbone,
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