We Wear the Mask(s)

“We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes –
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile
And mouth with myriad subtleties….”
- Paul Laurence Dunbar, We Wear the Mask
“It’s all impersonation–in the absence of a self, one impersonates selves, and after a while impersonates best [...]

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Poetry and Music

 
To J.B.

I think of the day you were born.
So small, you quivered in this cold new world.
I remember those first couple of years,
as you struggled to come to terms with
this land of giants with high-pitched voices and
exaggerated expressions
I’ve heard your gibberish chatter
form foreign words and phrases.
I wonder if your language of ga-ga’s and goo-goo’s
held more [...]

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