Real Face of Hypocrisy

hypocrisy, you see, can be truly unpretentious
                in making seem true what is pretended to be,
but it fulfills itself in ways quite grim and hideous;


                it is a sticky, gooey mask that eats into the flesh
                                    and skin, quietly , slowly gnawing at the bones
                and sinews of the wearer's hidden, real face !
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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