Poem: Mask

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There is a crack in a mask.
Little lines up the side with a
piece missing. 'What piece' you ask?
It doesn't matter.
An imperfection is not something
to admire, something to flatter.
Perfection is perfect. It is all
anyone desires. A crack can mean
the whole thing will fall.
That crack can leave it isolated.
It becomes something
fragile, something hated.
In most cases there is no glue
to put the mask back together;
the mask that was made for you.

(Written: 12/19/19)

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