Everyday375Please respect copyright.PENANAy8TZyezqBu
I put on this great little homemade mask. 375Please respect copyright.PENANAnkAjTOlBXQ
cracked papier mache,375Please respect copyright.PENANAkEH0J84sOU
cheery smiling face.
^_^
and everyday you walk past.375Please respect copyright.PENANAGvEPbeNdRB
the hand holding the mask trembles but375Please respect copyright.PENANAEydCgPY8Cu
stays, firmish, like some lone priest 375Please respect copyright.PENANAQCP8aPTSSi
at some abandoned temple, the frail figure 375Please respect copyright.PENANAbF9DoMcdbl
who amidst those tourists375Please respect copyright.PENANAX2OhylqStT
is the only one left who believes in the gods 375Please respect copyright.PENANAPkbIQYz1zC
his precious church was built to exalt.
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smiling375Please respect copyright.PENANALbdI3bwE16
happy375Please respect copyright.PENANA3XtgnWOUXS
looking ahead375Please respect copyright.PENANATco7ECb4JL
please don’t touch that.
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we want to get that mask off, right375Please respect copyright.PENANAoTqTCpdbqn
but lost in those surging waves of inky, shrieking, metaphors375Please respect copyright.PENANApVbN2vdzEw
and the neverending tears from a splattered brush of fingers 375Please respect copyright.PENANAchg1Tp2ko9
and gross bloody tendons dripping from a heart onto the carpet375Please respect copyright.PENANAarDWLwotuv
the mask clutches me in terror.
It’d be cruel to take it off now, in this storm. I need to keep it safe375Please respect copyright.PENANAnq9O4AGlgL
sheltered from rain that patters away at it375Please respect copyright.PENANA2WM8VTuBsp
—gnawing. Little sparkling fangs ripping out fibres.
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Maybe later, though,375Please respect copyright.PENANAMq8Tww3zxx
when the sun comes out again,375Please respect copyright.PENANAG0OtrgYvMM
I'll throw the mask away, into the fluffy air375Please respect copyright.PENANAyZkeFHrVjF
kiss it goodbye375Please respect copyright.PENANAXLJDItdJGo
and skip, childlike, into the warmth of something happy.