Everyday515Please respect copyright.PENANAV1F71v6fos
I put on this great little homemade mask. 515Please respect copyright.PENANAcBV2khzCOW
cracked papier mache,515Please respect copyright.PENANAh802pBggQ2
cheery smiling face.
^_^
and everyday you walk past.515Please respect copyright.PENANA2OoZllVBDt
the hand holding the mask trembles but515Please respect copyright.PENANAzHBraWmnlj
stays, firmish, like some lone priest 515Please respect copyright.PENANAT9y2vXd3EG
at some abandoned temple, the frail figure 515Please respect copyright.PENANAdPUs4k4bWU
who amidst those tourists515Please respect copyright.PENANAjMbevdVgwZ
is the only one left who believes in the gods 515Please respect copyright.PENANAj1MYiKm1Pb
his precious church was built to exalt.
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smiling515Please respect copyright.PENANA9Qno9Qm6N1
happy515Please respect copyright.PENANAEmjXJR3ive
looking ahead515Please respect copyright.PENANAtoSiqM510a
please don’t touch that.
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we want to get that mask off, right515Please respect copyright.PENANAjgumBdTyZ5
but lost in those surging waves of inky, shrieking, metaphors515Please respect copyright.PENANAbtHYb49n5M
and the neverending tears from a splattered brush of fingers 515Please respect copyright.PENANAGVXZHd0bcU
and gross bloody tendons dripping from a heart onto the carpet515Please respect copyright.PENANA4sHEeYCo4x
the mask clutches me in terror.
It’d be cruel to take it off now, in this storm. I need to keep it safe515Please respect copyright.PENANAF5tPXdDU16
sheltered from rain that patters away at it515Please respect copyright.PENANAYt1ZlJJP92
—gnawing. Little sparkling fangs ripping out fibres.
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Maybe later, though,515Please respect copyright.PENANA0BR4Qsc8d0
when the sun comes out again,515Please respect copyright.PENANANy7W3T36aR
I'll throw the mask away, into the fluffy air515Please respect copyright.PENANAkRRZloENAX
kiss it goodbye515Please respect copyright.PENANALNiM2iVWX9
and skip, childlike, into the warmth of something happy.