"Being blessed",
with a grasp of what's fake,
but, a misfortunate face.
Is, an ill-fitting, masking glove,
poisonous, contorted, laced...

...worn atop a horrid, yet, wholesome hand-i-cap...

...in a solitary, futile, expressionless game.

A trumphant sip, of, the water of life.
Burning; it's glassy, broken voiced, self-esteam; at the stake.


"Being encouraged",
to cope, to carry on regardless.
Without hope, or, good standing.
Is, a floating, mushroomed shroud,
dragging along, leggy hands: demanding...

...the...