Archive for May, 2009
We Wear the Mask
by Paul Lawrence Dunbar We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,– This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties. Why should the world be overwise, In counting all our tears and sighs? Nay, let them […]
Posted: May 11th, 2009 under General.
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