Everyday466Please respect copyright.PENANAKtYyIe7unq
I put on this great little homemade mask. 466Please respect copyright.PENANATsEvNqGxL0
cracked papier mache,466Please respect copyright.PENANAU5rtOdIGvd
cheery smiling face.
^_^
and everyday you walk past.466Please respect copyright.PENANA9w6GAo2hHJ
the hand holding the mask trembles but466Please respect copyright.PENANAHHbMBnYe66
stays, firmish, like some lone priest 466Please respect copyright.PENANADPju73ygEH
at some abandoned temple, the frail figure 466Please respect copyright.PENANAHKYjYWg87e
who amidst those tourists466Please respect copyright.PENANA4AzKXmRbK9
is the only one left who believes in the gods 466Please respect copyright.PENANANB6KUyQICK
his precious church was built to exalt.
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smiling466Please respect copyright.PENANANaEkfm9qY9
happy466Please respect copyright.PENANAKapMYHj4WM
looking ahead466Please respect copyright.PENANAsbjU44kW1S
please don’t touch that.
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we want to get that mask off, right466Please respect copyright.PENANArY8CoLP56d
but lost in those surging waves of inky, shrieking, metaphors466Please respect copyright.PENANA3EkF1Jk1RU
and the neverending tears from a splattered brush of fingers 466Please respect copyright.PENANAZdOJy4266p
and gross bloody tendons dripping from a heart onto the carpet466Please respect copyright.PENANA5RCNdDcuJP
the mask clutches me in terror.
It’d be cruel to take it off now, in this storm. I need to keep it safe466Please respect copyright.PENANA16aRjwJHKq
sheltered from rain that patters away at it466Please respect copyright.PENANAK4hvc5gfot
—gnawing. Little sparkling fangs ripping out fibres.
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Maybe later, though,466Please respect copyright.PENANAys5ztd6Vq5
when the sun comes out again,466Please respect copyright.PENANASnTmoPci9N
I'll throw the mask away, into the fluffy air466Please respect copyright.PENANA9dlySspbJG
kiss it goodbye466Please respect copyright.PENANACuHRCv0Gw3
and skip, childlike, into the warmth of something happy.