Everyday428Please respect copyright.PENANAe3geGM81kt
I put on this great little homemade mask. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAvg2eiGGdfe
cracked papier mache,428Please respect copyright.PENANA7btbHb72A6
cheery smiling face.
^_^
and everyday you walk past.428Please respect copyright.PENANAHPFDvfI3vH
the hand holding the mask trembles but428Please respect copyright.PENANANi50LdzeBF
stays, firmish, like some lone priest 428Please respect copyright.PENANA0eTgXYPIjl
at some abandoned temple, the frail figure 428Please respect copyright.PENANARPjoIQ5o5q
who amidst those tourists428Please respect copyright.PENANAxz97YKfE3m
is the only one left who believes in the gods 428Please respect copyright.PENANACprTfOiD5t
his precious church was built to exalt.
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smiling428Please respect copyright.PENANAlwOJkr266O
happy428Please respect copyright.PENANAqb9BOegy29
looking ahead428Please respect copyright.PENANA6geew8wIbM
please don’t touch that.
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we want to get that mask off, right428Please respect copyright.PENANAzE2f0Ex0XC
but lost in those surging waves of inky, shrieking, metaphors428Please respect copyright.PENANAxIiO5tcYd4
and the neverending tears from a splattered brush of fingers 428Please respect copyright.PENANA80jIkBKgDZ
and gross bloody tendons dripping from a heart onto the carpet428Please respect copyright.PENANAwYOHZVj1RO
the mask clutches me in terror.
It’d be cruel to take it off now, in this storm. I need to keep it safe428Please respect copyright.PENANA4OOEWLasZ1
sheltered from rain that patters away at it428Please respect copyright.PENANANMg6OgfiZ9
—gnawing. Little sparkling fangs ripping out fibres.
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Maybe later, though,428Please respect copyright.PENANA7x2kDQPs2n
when the sun comes out again,428Please respect copyright.PENANA2LcYgdoZp5
I'll throw the mask away, into the fluffy air428Please respect copyright.PENANAHAFDPhJfEi
kiss it goodbye428Please respect copyright.PENANAGt1nDKdFtt
and skip, childlike, into the warmth of something happy.