Lawrence S. Pertillar Lips Poems

You keep your lips and what's behind them zipped.
No explanation do you give for this.
But then you expect understanding given for it.
And you're bottled up.
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She offered her custard for me to sniff.
I'm into pound cake so I resisted.
She then wanted me to lick her cheeks.
Well...
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God has allowed my life.
With an accepted work ethic.
To do what needs to be done.
And applying effort to it!
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I had intended to pour you a cup of tea.
With silent lips.
But the dawn arises,
And it provides my lift!
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That's absolutely foolish of you,
To believe I would have 'no' opinion...
After telling you twice,
I wish I could see more of your eyes.
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Tonight I realize...
The stars are close.
And twinkle in your eyes.
Tonight.
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Those tasks one is given to complete,
Are not to be done to inspire 'awe'.

Tests that challenge are not easy missions.
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To rush is to stumble.
What walking is to crawl.
And lips 'eventually' shut quick,
To someone told they know it all!
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I had no idea how thick their lips of greed were!
I just 'assumed' everyone was making a fashion statement.

'Where have you been?
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Tongues and lips twisted.
While minds are blinded to world events.
As folks complain about the government,
Being too much in their lives.
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Wanted most from you is the touching.
With a holding me and close.
Sincere and near to me as if to feed a craving,
Need like fresh jam or homemade jelly...
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Avoid the talking negatively,
About another relative...
Within or outside your family tree.
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You don't know.
If you've never had it happen.
Had it never happened,
To you before.
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Inside the other side.
And not sure why,
I had been invited.
Perhaps I had been outside,
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All day long,
There is a playing of catch up.
And follow the leader.
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Why are you biting your lips?

'I am practicing.'
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Loose lips juiced,
Are quick to share...
The toxic drippings licked,
With others to confirm...
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At one time,
He was rumored to be unqualified.
Not only is he qualified...
He puts others to shame.
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Lips locked to block taste for tongue.
A gift of perfume will do.
With a fist full of flowers...
Scented to seduce a quick pull to hug!
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I was told to go fly a kite.
Believing I would be slighted,
By this directive.
That's exactly what I did.
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You must enjoy the burden of that load.
And any hints given to rid yourself from it...
Creates with you,
A defensiveness viewed.
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Desired wishes to keep things the way they are...
Is as foolish as an adult,
Putting dentures under a pillow...
And hoping the tooth fairy will leave,
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My hands seem to tremble...
And not as nimble as they were.
My legs seem to shake,
With each step I take.
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To fear a truth,
Does not enlighten.
Nor does the concealment of it...
Restore an honesty.
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No wish to contradict,
Conflicting hypocrites.
Or critics who depict and sit...
With statistics that predict,
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Excuse:
'I didn't want to see them like that.
That is why I didn't come by to see them,
Before they passed away.'
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There is a campaign that permits,
Denying truth an existence.
And if allowed to continue...
Threatens a valued humanness.
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Once they begin to flap without touch.
Flip and flapping back learned early...
And we adored them so much!
Once they were told twice to shut up.
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