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minimally spoilered poetry




Masks

(c) 1996 naiomi dunbar



oh, i've got plenty
every occassion covered
  literally.
they cover
they hide the pain
  the anger
  the shame
  the worthlessness
they cover what people don't want to see
but if you look close
  i dare you to try
     but please don't
you will see the cracks
the cracks reveal what i cannot
look hard
  i need you to
    but cannot bear you to see
the ugly core that is 

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embies' asarian poetry archives / she's anon-4552@anon.twwells.com / last revised january 1, 1997
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