From Whose Perspective

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



From whose perspective,
Is truth taught to teach.
And relied upon to tell it,
Without to fiction or deceive reality.

From where does honesty to mention,
The importance of its significance.
If common sense to use is meaningless.
And thoughtlessness to value,
Has been normalized as life to live.

Today's leaders are picked,
Not for the quality of their competence.
Or mental stability.
Yet...
People living in the comfort of denial,
Accept and believe...
Others of racial and ethnic diversity,
Are the reason and cause to claim it blamed...
Greed to feed it selfishly,
That has created a crisis in the economy.
Is a result not of truth or honesty to speak it.
But an occurrence that ignores,
Who has unpaid debts credited...
To kept pretensions imitating false beliefs.
Taught to teach and endorsed to support.

From whose perspective,
Is a quality of life purposely defective.
And...
With accusations made,
To persuade, erase and eliminate...
The presence of their noninvolvement?
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Written on March 16, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on March 16, 2023

Modified on March 30, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Axbc xxxdx xxcxxxcxdcbxxxx Aaxxxb
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 982
Words 192
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 15, 6

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  • luisestable1
    There is a lot going on in this poem, but the central idea is that of truth, and a philosopher of long ego posed the question, 'What is truth?" And ever since man has been struggling to find an answer that all would agree upon. But there was on person who stated that truth was that which agrees with reality. The thing here to see then is, what is reality.
    You poem opens a huge conversation. 
    LikeReply1 year ago

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