Poetry: The masks we wear - by Diane Mackenzie

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by Diane Mackenzie

Created on: January 19, 2008

Living the good life...paid for with plastic,
Faux castle full of luxurious things,
Store-bought happiness, fake and fantastic.
NASCAR dad kings and their soccer-mom queens.
Drive a red Hummer to show their support,
Dollar store magnet of red, white and blue.
For soldiers who fight a televised war,
Watch it unfold on a plasma screen tube.
Breast augmentation and a Botox smile,
Endless erections - Viagra induced,
Mammary loss and libido denial,
Synthetic sex life so far from the truth.
Plasticine people who never get wet,
Sailing the seas on an ocean of debt.

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we walk straight but fall behind ourselves
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As i meet up with my friends,

go out around the town.

I smile and look so innocent,

I laugh instead of frown.

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Can you see the hairline crack,
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All around me I see them
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"Undone"

Slowly he unraveled
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