Everyday365Please respect copyright.PENANAMwhNVZkiI3
I put on this great little homemade mask. 365Please respect copyright.PENANAPa3QZe0wJp
cracked papier mache,365Please respect copyright.PENANAXiymCNRZEl
cheery smiling face.
^_^
and everyday you walk past.365Please respect copyright.PENANA0lEtvGW7NE
the hand holding the mask trembles but365Please respect copyright.PENANAMUv0ZlL0Nw
stays, firmish, like some lone priest 365Please respect copyright.PENANAfnrPxqwuqX
at some abandoned temple, the frail figure 365Please respect copyright.PENANAPuN4VC61DM
who amidst those tourists365Please respect copyright.PENANAz001cPYYtt
is the only one left who believes in the gods 365Please respect copyright.PENANAWL1JxlHFN6
his precious church was built to exalt.
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smiling365Please respect copyright.PENANATieBcvL6P1
happy365Please respect copyright.PENANA3Z2KVCWhLr
looking ahead365Please respect copyright.PENANAy8ClN6CvLd
please don’t touch that.
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we want to get that mask off, right365Please respect copyright.PENANAFBDk0Ih2FW
but lost in those surging waves of inky, shrieking, metaphors365Please respect copyright.PENANAFMFLAEHkVR
and the neverending tears from a splattered brush of fingers 365Please respect copyright.PENANAYNa18IAlAb
and gross bloody tendons dripping from a heart onto the carpet365Please respect copyright.PENANAbvfkw4PpPc
the mask clutches me in terror.
It’d be cruel to take it off now, in this storm. I need to keep it safe365Please respect copyright.PENANAlZeyEEacAo
sheltered from rain that patters away at it365Please respect copyright.PENANA0HmjTvSG0K
—gnawing. Little sparkling fangs ripping out fibres.
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Maybe later, though,365Please respect copyright.PENANA6GYEP3warU
when the sun comes out again,365Please respect copyright.PENANAZe65A1aWSl
I'll throw the mask away, into the fluffy air365Please respect copyright.PENANANIzwrnkqdB
kiss it goodbye365Please respect copyright.PENANAujigEOxS6J
and skip, childlike, into the warmth of something happy.