The building smiles with its windows;
Some spitting light and others void,
Like it’s missing teeth.
But actually, it's missing a lot more.
There are people in these rooms
Who can be themselves only in these rooms.
The ones in lit rooms are not so lit;
They might be
Breaking mirrors,
Pulling their hair out,
Sliding a blade on their wrist;
A streak splashing across their face.
The ones in dark rooms
Might be lying amid
Unwashed clothes
And bottles of beer and stronger things;
Alone and afraid,
Engulfed by their own darkness.
This is the price they pay
For putting on costumes.
This is the price they pay
For putting on smiling masks,
And putting on fake laughter for silly jokes.
This is what they get for being walking hoaxes.
And they deserve every bit of it.
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