Everyday369Please respect copyright.PENANAkbpXjXUTRn
I put on this great little homemade mask. 369Please respect copyright.PENANAHMCg9ijwpO
cracked papier mache,369Please respect copyright.PENANAMcJP7jmBY7
cheery smiling face.
^_^
and everyday you walk past.369Please respect copyright.PENANAIk2xxMrbPQ
the hand holding the mask trembles but369Please respect copyright.PENANAnxZRFu2buQ
stays, firmish, like some lone priest 369Please respect copyright.PENANAvXJptyNRkp
at some abandoned temple, the frail figure 369Please respect copyright.PENANAOPvHErn0ZW
who amidst those tourists369Please respect copyright.PENANA1S2GRzBBKp
is the only one left who believes in the gods 369Please respect copyright.PENANATQ6J73rNfM
his precious church was built to exalt.
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smiling369Please respect copyright.PENANAc7Jb46QKVT
happy369Please respect copyright.PENANA7HLdseIewN
looking ahead369Please respect copyright.PENANAqP9Az7cvav
please don’t touch that.
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we want to get that mask off, right369Please respect copyright.PENANAMFXNG49Tue
but lost in those surging waves of inky, shrieking, metaphors369Please respect copyright.PENANAzMxXt8JZkh
and the neverending tears from a splattered brush of fingers 369Please respect copyright.PENANAI0YfHoRpGG
and gross bloody tendons dripping from a heart onto the carpet369Please respect copyright.PENANAPZ9tzuBhVV
the mask clutches me in terror.
It’d be cruel to take it off now, in this storm. I need to keep it safe369Please respect copyright.PENANAWIJYZLgAHH
sheltered from rain that patters away at it369Please respect copyright.PENANAXMkuqLYll9
—gnawing. Little sparkling fangs ripping out fibres.
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Maybe later, though,369Please respect copyright.PENANAUGHtAzuKb9
when the sun comes out again,369Please respect copyright.PENANA9CTt1aIDZ9
I'll throw the mask away, into the fluffy air369Please respect copyright.PENANAxUPXR6wK6S
kiss it goodbye369Please respect copyright.PENANAGvFaUuDawn
and skip, childlike, into the warmth of something happy.