The Smiling Child

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A/N Written 7th November, 2019

Outcries of rage

Broken splinters flying

A desolate home

It greets her everyday 

So she smiles in return


Hatred oozes from the pair

A thick miasma that penetrates the air

Bangs and shouts reverberates at night

Drunken silence rising with first light

So she smiles in their stead


Her unwavering joy

A flashlight in the dark

The moths emerge and gather

Intoxicating patterns finally able to spread

Happy that her smiles brought success


A little green goblin birthed

"How can she be so glad?"

Excreting poisonous spores

They spread their pointless whispers

She can only smile in response

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