Wow, you guys are good. I'm going to be audacious enough to post my third-rate haikus along with your excellent ones, and hope the talent rubs off somehow.
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a simple word or
friendly smile can mean so much
or nothing at all
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a kind face stares out
behind the masque of evil
but i don't see it
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ugly twisted thoughts
peer through the eyeholes of the
beautiful masque
they're watching me now
ev'ry step i take i know
they'll laugh when i fall
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i want to prove them wrong
to stand on my own always
but solitude chafes.