Erased Mistakes

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



No one can erase their mistakes made.
Or them to have been known,
To miraculously leave...
Those who remember these mistakes.
As decisions to make...
In defiance of certain failures.
Failures.
Warned to create them to face.
Unmistakably to come,
Like the other ones done.

And difficult it becomes to forgive,
Someone who excuses...
Their decisions made repeatedly,
Without common sense.
And thought to use to do.
But chooses to accuse and blame others,
Hired to clean up a mess left behind.
By known decision makers picked,
To fix problems as they occur.
And not their noses in the hopes,
Whatever they come up with to dig out...
Solves the issues that reveals a cure.

'Our mistakes to make we acknowledge,
Have been correctly identified...
As poor judgements to have been made.
And not as before to claim,
A knowing of our actions to premeditate.
Therefore,
We declare our decisions...
As a misunderstanding,
Of what it was we intended to accomplish.
And not a malicious effort to ignore,
Our poor judgements made to fail.
On purpose.
Even if that happened, afterall!'

'Your...explanation?'

'Yes.'

'Has got to be...
The most ridiculous nonsense,
I have heard in quite some time.
This side of the Universe.
And...
Incredible enough,
Not only are the facts avoided.
But also,
Your ability to dance around reality...
Is an achievement unseen to witness,
Nowhere since time began.
You have such a remarkable gift for B.S.'

'I don't know what to say.'

'Please,
By all means...
Do us all a favor.
And not say anything else!
You, your friends...
Have minds messed up around here.
And you are the ones,
With minds messed up!
Done convincingly to be followed,
By folks who believe you to be brilliant!
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Submitted by lpahtillah on August 22, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:27 min read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXBXCCXXX XXDEXCXXFXXX XXAXXGHXXGXIX DEXXXXXXDIXB X XXFXXXHXXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,634
Words 296
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 10, 12, 13, 12, 1, 10

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