Too Fragile for Applause

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craving to be seen yet stray retort shatters me — my glass mask splinters every piece tilts my face back at angles I can't endure one word in print scalds smoke sears my lingering thoughts blinding tomorrow — fragility weeps like wax from a candle I keep lit still, I sift slivers threading them in songs and verse knowing they might cut to make strangers laugh or cry it's worth each crimson spot

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