Everyday499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPevqeWr6Y
I put on this great little homemade mask. 499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1lnjkx1JR
cracked papier mache,499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Y4JXhgPxb
cheery smiling face.
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and everyday you walk past.499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjFHj90OHZ
the hand holding the mask trembles but499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpoJHgQuXC
stays, firmish, like some lone priest 499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1dLHJMtgl
at some abandoned temple, the frail figure 499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1qNi9EocM
who amidst those tourists499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeicBf8LqD8
is the only one left who believes in the gods 499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2RQplOgaq
his precious church was built to exalt.
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smiling499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0vSFKJA4X
happy499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNkhgD315C
looking ahead499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMi61l2WCFI
please don’t touch that.
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we want to get that mask off, right499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YoK7bkL0f
but lost in those surging waves of inky, shrieking, metaphors499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCWO9q6wK2
and the neverending tears from a splattered brush of fingers 499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOvWomxCdq
and gross bloody tendons dripping from a heart onto the carpet499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyryGfZYK4
the mask clutches me in terror.
It’d be cruel to take it off now, in this storm. I need to keep it safe499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMP9nuWSXsE
sheltered from rain that patters away at it499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vKDRwpRwU
—gnawing. Little sparkling fangs ripping out fibres.
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Maybe later, though,499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTphIPUBLZB
when the sun comes out again,499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YWVByI9oV
I'll throw the mask away, into the fluffy air499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcD31BS6A0
kiss it goodbye499Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAnDfG8W87
and skip, childlike, into the warmth of something happy.
