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Masking things.

May 17, 2011
By monnier15 BRONZE, New York, New York
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"Don't argue with an idiot: they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."

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Drag out your soul,
From under your bed,
Clean off the dust,
The tears that were shed.

Fill in the scratches,
Cover the holes,
Make it look decent,
So nobody knows.

That you've endured storms,
Your personal hell,
Storms like no other,
You souls there to tell.

So clean off the dust,
The tears that were shed,
And if it doesn't work out...
There's room under the bed.

© Ashley T., Westport, MA

The author's comments:
I wrote this for a friend when I was feeling a little sad. Haha. I mean..way to state the obvious, right? It had no title, but the main idea is making things appear better than they are- in this instance, the condition of your soul.
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