Everyday528Please respect copyright.PENANAEePfifkTCs
I put on this great little homemade mask. 528Please respect copyright.PENANAYBFPbqYY1I
cracked papier mache,528Please respect copyright.PENANAt0RIvq4I0W
cheery smiling face.
^_^
and everyday you walk past.528Please respect copyright.PENANAkMkG8olZ1x
the hand holding the mask trembles but528Please respect copyright.PENANAxxcCNeJDFS
stays, firmish, like some lone priest 528Please respect copyright.PENANAXzAq1RcBZ0
at some abandoned temple, the frail figure 528Please respect copyright.PENANArwdzavFIED
who amidst those tourists528Please respect copyright.PENANAmdsWpOAIQ0
is the only one left who believes in the gods 528Please respect copyright.PENANAdbGeTG14fq
his precious church was built to exalt.
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smiling528Please respect copyright.PENANAy6Cq9Kj2Gs
happy528Please respect copyright.PENANASlrNIFqS4W
looking ahead528Please respect copyright.PENANAmy36w0sJwR
please don’t touch that.
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we want to get that mask off, right528Please respect copyright.PENANAie5Rx80S4y
but lost in those surging waves of inky, shrieking, metaphors528Please respect copyright.PENANAIGH50bg7AD
and the neverending tears from a splattered brush of fingers 528Please respect copyright.PENANAXPUOXj47ol
and gross bloody tendons dripping from a heart onto the carpet528Please respect copyright.PENANAPqBV48kDBA
the mask clutches me in terror.
It’d be cruel to take it off now, in this storm. I need to keep it safe528Please respect copyright.PENANA8oer0wbNpO
sheltered from rain that patters away at it528Please respect copyright.PENANAuMiEYO852B
—gnawing. Little sparkling fangs ripping out fibres.
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Maybe later, though,528Please respect copyright.PENANAiaF7nLRQtc
when the sun comes out again,528Please respect copyright.PENANAk4GwdxwGVD
I'll throw the mask away, into the fluffy air528Please respect copyright.PENANAURhdmOb9oF
kiss it goodbye528Please respect copyright.PENANAa2hb9r00SV
and skip, childlike, into the warmth of something happy.