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All the World's

Locks for locks

and chicken pox,

a childish fit

for childish thoughts

 

Left for dead

left, right, red,

confused with age

but young in head

 

Youth will yield to age.

Truth will tell all rage,

hidden in a heart,

hidden in your art.

 

Expressed without much thought,

emotion caught off guard.

Perhaps your mask needs healing,

facades that must be peeling.

 

And still I'm feeling lost

Myself, my own, my frost

My cold demeanor falls.

They say, "Just grow some *****

 

For gender dictates most,

and blenders will play host

to mixing and to matching

pretending I am acting,

pretending I exist.

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Written by
andrew
American
Published
Aug 26, 2010
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Written in red ink, so it's supposed be "read in red," if you will...

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