Everyday397Please respect copyright.PENANAfRQmkJXUKY
I put on this great little homemade mask. 397Please respect copyright.PENANAVoL0jqkToM
cracked papier mache,397Please respect copyright.PENANA1P1xi1PP9O
cheery smiling face.
^_^
and everyday you walk past.397Please respect copyright.PENANABx6Mi53dsu
the hand holding the mask trembles but397Please respect copyright.PENANAsEGnVRwnWD
stays, firmish, like some lone priest 397Please respect copyright.PENANAwbOPUe30Rv
at some abandoned temple, the frail figure 397Please respect copyright.PENANAnkSQG9M2Ed
who amidst those tourists397Please respect copyright.PENANA0SUcc832yy
is the only one left who believes in the gods 397Please respect copyright.PENANA4rF0UmgxLw
his precious church was built to exalt.
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smiling397Please respect copyright.PENANA8jJEvaywpO
happy397Please respect copyright.PENANARy8TmGhYnz
looking ahead397Please respect copyright.PENANAf16qBbBLtF
please don’t touch that.
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we want to get that mask off, right397Please respect copyright.PENANASaqJYY8yNC
but lost in those surging waves of inky, shrieking, metaphors397Please respect copyright.PENANAGXriSCKKqj
and the neverending tears from a splattered brush of fingers 397Please respect copyright.PENANAdtxoUsMcQz
and gross bloody tendons dripping from a heart onto the carpet397Please respect copyright.PENANA0ipInihZgc
the mask clutches me in terror.
It’d be cruel to take it off now, in this storm. I need to keep it safe397Please respect copyright.PENANA6CZ1b5R3My
sheltered from rain that patters away at it397Please respect copyright.PENANAlzOAxWGmp0
—gnawing. Little sparkling fangs ripping out fibres.
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Maybe later, though,397Please respect copyright.PENANAodKmA5j6k2
when the sun comes out again,397Please respect copyright.PENANAA27VkZyC0y
I'll throw the mask away, into the fluffy air397Please respect copyright.PENANABtPkkC4IT0
kiss it goodbye397Please respect copyright.PENANAQxY7kXmHjq
and skip, childlike, into the warmth of something happy.