blather
social_exfoliation
hsg what_is_this

between_us _ _

underscore nothing underscore

wit |h o_n_e st| atement,
walls_fall

dancing around polite_positions
in conversation_bubbles
weave EnOugh trust to
wash Each_Other's backs.. sometimes
there're blind_spots in reflections

when skin_touches_skin and
a common_wall runs course,
where does a boundary go
when we both wear on it?

where_ing a_way
wear do we hide
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dosquatch I
do_not_mind
do_not_wish
social_exfoliation

I believe you have it backwards
Masks ARE social_exfoliation
They scrub away baggage
preconceived notion
expectation based on yesterday
of what might be said today

I put on this mask
Not to hide
But to clarify.
This voice has things to say that might be wrong from behind a different mask, even both voices, and that right_wrong thought, are all me.
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hsg then why is there a mask at all? why not just be you? 100120
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dos I_am always me
It's just that some days I'm not
The me you expect.
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minnesota_chris cut that friends list 100120
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. One day you're gonna face a deep dark truthful mirror, and it's gonna tell you things I still love you too much to say. The same eyes, the same lips, the same lie, from your tongue trips. 100120
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birdmad some days i am the mask and other days the mask is me

as it was in the beginning
is now
and ever shall be
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. "The act is not an act; it's who we really are." For if we act, it is part of us, not separate. 100121
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hsg know_thyself clown 100121
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unhinged gin and hip_hop



i reach out my hand
pat the mc on the back
shake the tambourine
and i am who i'm meant to be
no_excuses


'throw your hands up in the sky
and wave em all around from side to side
and if you smoke a little something
then shit get high
yes yes y'all
ya don't stop'

element
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old soul it is noble to rever the genuine, but the true seeker of comprehension also seeks to understand the mask-wearers, not vilify them. 100122