Everyday441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4rYcYh1c0
I put on this great little homemade mask. 441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzTsKp5vBg
cracked papier mache,441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjXMh3gJmF
cheery smiling face.
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and everyday you walk past.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZTYxNKHnC
the hand holding the mask trembles but441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9kDSHC5dO
stays, firmish, like some lone priest 441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGbyZsJqHZ
at some abandoned temple, the frail figure 441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXE4rHBUoRd
who amidst those tourists441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3aM73ijAh
is the only one left who believes in the gods 441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuXmrAb4xQ
his precious church was built to exalt.
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smiling441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECQvKW6fOW
happy441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEfYBpYRcf
looking ahead441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5K1uUJEYv
please don’t touch that.
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we want to get that mask off, right441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMR4DVjkz1V
but lost in those surging waves of inky, shrieking, metaphors441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Arv3CrXZO
and the neverending tears from a splattered brush of fingers 441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CVvaea37Q
and gross bloody tendons dripping from a heart onto the carpet441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDHHpwf6rM
the mask clutches me in terror.
It’d be cruel to take it off now, in this storm. I need to keep it safe441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8fDXCOeXL
sheltered from rain that patters away at it441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIo7s5VBICA
—gnawing. Little sparkling fangs ripping out fibres.
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Maybe later, though,441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68woje4CgD
when the sun comes out again,441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHhWtS8a1N
I'll throw the mask away, into the fluffy air441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxjCV9Yiqw
kiss it goodbye441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIooE9oxbn8
and skip, childlike, into the warmth of something happy.
