Everyday410Please respect copyright.PENANApVjR37TVNf
I put on this great little homemade mask. 410Please respect copyright.PENANAwW8qJFjKUm
cracked papier mache,410Please respect copyright.PENANAf4q7QAeAPn
cheery smiling face.
^_^
and everyday you walk past.410Please respect copyright.PENANABchHSYZGMa
the hand holding the mask trembles but410Please respect copyright.PENANAw5zeACny8H
stays, firmish, like some lone priest 410Please respect copyright.PENANAsDkvkahJje
at some abandoned temple, the frail figure 410Please respect copyright.PENANACP0PeeaiRQ
who amidst those tourists410Please respect copyright.PENANAFyfsb126Bq
is the only one left who believes in the gods 410Please respect copyright.PENANA97L4gffMSt
his precious church was built to exalt.
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smiling410Please respect copyright.PENANALtPwSHKsqi
happy410Please respect copyright.PENANAtNNZbFNpYq
looking ahead410Please respect copyright.PENANAYJ7PxJsFxw
please don’t touch that.
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we want to get that mask off, right410Please respect copyright.PENANA25MDKJjqFD
but lost in those surging waves of inky, shrieking, metaphors410Please respect copyright.PENANAzUerafP3NA
and the neverending tears from a splattered brush of fingers 410Please respect copyright.PENANAZ18mOC45aq
and gross bloody tendons dripping from a heart onto the carpet410Please respect copyright.PENANAj3Kyl5F6HA
the mask clutches me in terror.
It’d be cruel to take it off now, in this storm. I need to keep it safe410Please respect copyright.PENANAw8lGYX1bDz
sheltered from rain that patters away at it410Please respect copyright.PENANAJtVGiIf2X7
—gnawing. Little sparkling fangs ripping out fibres.
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Maybe later, though,410Please respect copyright.PENANAqA6m0rs4U0
when the sun comes out again,410Please respect copyright.PENANAMmrrbnxPHX
I'll throw the mask away, into the fluffy air410Please respect copyright.PENANA9nOtevpu1Q
kiss it goodbye410Please respect copyright.PENANAvM8D6b5sSL
and skip, childlike, into the warmth of something happy.