Everyday532Please respect copyright.PENANA2MKU2E0ZY5
I put on this great little homemade mask. 532Please respect copyright.PENANAODo0DK7NkG
cracked papier mache,532Please respect copyright.PENANAfuljMRr6Ou
cheery smiling face.
^_^
and everyday you walk past.532Please respect copyright.PENANAGWnAvc4fRk
the hand holding the mask trembles but532Please respect copyright.PENANAxiNePdTrVR
stays, firmish, like some lone priest 532Please respect copyright.PENANAmgK1dYVIQh
at some abandoned temple, the frail figure 532Please respect copyright.PENANAPOcxjtnUmZ
who amidst those tourists532Please respect copyright.PENANAvaapuAJjrB
is the only one left who believes in the gods 532Please respect copyright.PENANAc6A5AhWBMl
his precious church was built to exalt.
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smiling532Please respect copyright.PENANA5M8ESl6EAN
happy532Please respect copyright.PENANAAlNqvIIty8
looking ahead532Please respect copyright.PENANAtuw8UcovfD
please don’t touch that.
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we want to get that mask off, right532Please respect copyright.PENANAFvaECurYaX
but lost in those surging waves of inky, shrieking, metaphors532Please respect copyright.PENANAa7jOgbVH0u
and the neverending tears from a splattered brush of fingers 532Please respect copyright.PENANAuvRcuI2ALJ
and gross bloody tendons dripping from a heart onto the carpet532Please respect copyright.PENANAUjmWVjthnY
the mask clutches me in terror.
It’d be cruel to take it off now, in this storm. I need to keep it safe532Please respect copyright.PENANAhDyltvXP7y
sheltered from rain that patters away at it532Please respect copyright.PENANAsjGey5cddo
—gnawing. Little sparkling fangs ripping out fibres.
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Maybe later, though,532Please respect copyright.PENANAa8I7XoDVga
when the sun comes out again,532Please respect copyright.PENANAaK2RQjChPA
I'll throw the mask away, into the fluffy air532Please respect copyright.PENANAYytcnC82UW
kiss it goodbye532Please respect copyright.PENANA47Ug4O7nur
and skip, childlike, into the warmth of something happy.