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The Mask

Derrick E Carey 1981 (Sarasota)

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I cannot deny the things I've seen in my young life
 Nor can I forget the things I've done
Nor do I try
Passion fuels the rage that flows within the hearty of men.
A poetic balance of light and dark.
My aspiration for the best of me.
Unknown and unaware to the machine that is trying
So hard to place labels on me.
Completely unaware of the mask that I wear
And the mask that we all wear.
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Written on February 18, 2023

Submitted by DerrickECarey on February 18, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGFHH
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 388
Words 83
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
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