Bitter masks of stoicism
Gnawing disease at the lining
of the throat as laughter
supresses habitual apathy
Bloody finger prints
smearing vile existance
over struggling innocence
making survival too difficult.
Ambitions of stealing all that's left
All too futile.
Steadfast mistaken for diffidence.
Impulsive treated with impunity
Refusing to become another addition
to your pharisaical persuasion