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Eye Mask

In this dark I rest,

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for the shaded tears of conscription.
amberwind <amberwind@hotmail.com>
london, on ca - Wed Mar 11 10:30:52 1998

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I dare not listen to the cracking soul I bear
Paula Grenside <l.marchesin@oderzo.nettuno.it>
Oderzo(TV), ITALY - Wed Mar 11 12:12:40 1998

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as I wear the mask of honor, patriotism. . .fear,
Carol Agramonte <agramonc@mskcc.org>
New York, NY USA - Wed Mar 11 13:00:50 1998

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the person hiding deep within.
Sheila Ferguson <Sheila4242@aol.com>
Winter Haven, Fl USA - Wed Mar 11 13:45:54 1998

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I was restless, daring, and very grim, and
Dianna Buffington <DiverseDi@webtv.net>
Harlem, GA USA - Thu Mar 12 14:58:05 1998

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now I must shy away ...
Daniel Phelps <depechez@jps.net>
San Francsico, Ca USA - Thu Mar 12 15:12:36 1998

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though through this mask I can see no evil
Virgili P. Olandria <ver_oland@hotmail.com>
Cebu, Philippines - Thu Mar 12 19:08:53 1998

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I can still see the horizon, darkening
Walt W. Whokirs <whokirsww@hotmail.com>
USA - Thu Mar 12 19:12:42 1998

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and my tears still seep through
Jose E. Calamba <joseecalamba@hotmail.com>
USA - Thu Mar 12 19:14:54 1998

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The salty crystals smearing the window panes of my soul.
Leo Virgil F. Olandria <leoland@hotmail.com>
Cebu, Philippines - Thu Mar 12 19:36:34 1998

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Warm rivulets slicing my heart's tundra
J.Barnard
USA - Fri Mar 13 08:07:00 1998

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as my arms and my fingers go numb
Eve M. Black <Tinlinga@hsd.k12.or.us>
Hillsboro, OR USA - Fri Mar 13 11:11:11 1998

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I am a little less blind, but more dumb,
D. Sadres <to_tulip@hotmail.com>
PA USA - Fri Mar 13 21:12:55 1998

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and pile crystals of memory in crimson hands.
Paula Grenside <l.marchesin@oderzo.nettuno.it>
ODERZO(TV), ITALY - Sat Mar 14 07:38:05 1998

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My bloodstained soul, my napalm hands, I have killed for my country, & now have killed my soul.
Ajay Mankani <bwecatco@emirates.net.ae>
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Mon Mar 16 09:12:10 1998

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This jaded traveler and defeated soul, waits for no man's courage of honor told.
Harriett Barrett
USA - Mon Mar 16 12:18:23 1998

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It was then you realized me, your enemy
Rick Maro <wcbooks@aol.com>
Edison, NJ USA - Mon Mar 16 15:13:53 1998

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convicted by melodramatic mannerisms, strattling reality
Don Hahn <hahndd@email.uc.edu>
Nati, OH USA - Mon Mar 16 16:40:12 1998

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trapped behind this mask.
Sheila Ferguson <Sheila4242@aol.com>
Winter Haven, Fl USA - Mon Mar 16 18:08:57 1998

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This mask, this mask I wear has many faces I dare say, one of joy, one of sorrow, one of pain to hide my real self, myself, which I alone must face and know
Martha Lynn <chisse@stc.net>
Dawsonville, Ga. USA - Mon Mar 16 19:06:14 1998

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and so I'll have to tear the mask, the faces, to bridge the hollow man I am.
Paula Grenside <l.marchesin@oderzo.nettuno.it>
ODERZO, italy - Wed Mar 18 12:11:26 1998

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But will I wither when the sun like a rattlesnake gazes into my cave
Paul Belz <pgb@igc.apc.org>
Oakland, Ca USA - Thu Mar 19 09:17:36 1998

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or will I rise above the shadows, grasp the slanting rays
Mark Burnette <maaburne@runet,edu>
Galax, Va. USA - Fri Mar 20 12:05:07 1998

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and bring the warmth that it bares into the depths of my heart
nathan goore
USA - Sat Mar 21 17:35:29 1998

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and behold the unexpected sunrise?
Jose E. Calamba <joseecalamba>
USA - Mon Mar 23 16:17:46 1998

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I am the mask, the mask is me
Paul Cassidy <poetcassid@aol.com>
USA - Tue Mar 24 09:08:20 1998

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and the ghastly cacophony of my soul cries out eternally.
Harriett Barrett
USA - Tue Mar 24 11:10:38 1998

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Be ye devil or be ye man to think
Martha Lynn <chisse@stc.net>
Dawsonville, Ga. USA - Tue Mar 24 16:40:36 1998

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the snow is silent, and the lonely moon has carried off the answer to play with Poe's dark shadowed stepchildren.
Michael Downs <Spike60@glasscity.net>
Toledo, Oh USA - Wed Mar 25 16:42:00 1998

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In silent, white rage, I
A. Rodriguez <ARod@hotmail.com>
Toledo, Philippines - Wed Mar 25 21:46:59 1998

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smother my consciousness, the darkness engulfing me into eternal oblivion.
jose e. calamba <joseecalamba>
USA - Thu Mar 26 03:11:49 1998

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Tonight I sleep with slaughtered sheep and dream of daffodils
David Miller
USA - Thu Mar 26 19:07:19 1998

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with bleeding petals and contorted stem
Paula Grenside <l.marchesin@oderzo.nettuno.it>
Oderzo, ITALY - Fri Mar 27 11:06:26 1998

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crashing to earth..in my mad torproic sleep..clutching , grasping for reality in a haze of untruth...,
Kathy Larstone <Kats72786@hotmail.com>
Guelph, Ont Canada - Mon Mar 30 16:18:56 1998

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a dream, a nightmare and so I pinch myself in hopes to find
Martha Lynn <chisse@stc.net>
Dawsonville, Ga. USA - Wed Apr 1 18:02:24 1998

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alas, still alive.
Paddy Raghunathan <paddy@lucent.com>
Reynoldsburg, OH USA - Thu Apr 2 14:51:48 1998

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Now awake with the fate I struggle to direct
Michelle
Chicago, IL USA - Fri Apr 3 01:16:15 1998

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my thoughts toward that day when I will be free of this mask which hides the scars you have inflicted on me.
Barbara Ehrentreu <Lionmother @Aol.com>
Bedford Hills, ny USA - Fri Apr 3 06:00:38 1998

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Will anyone help me tie so many chunks of me
Paula Grenside <l.marchesin@oderzo.nettuno.it.>
ODERZO, ITALY - Fri Apr 3 10:29:17 1998

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or at listen to my sordid pleas
Firhad <onedge3suku@eudoramail.com>
Kuala Lumpur, WP Malaysia - Sun Apr 5 10:33:38 1998

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and show me a way from this pain to be free?
sheriffa moraes <sheriffa_m>
bombay, india - Mon Apr 6 08:18:20 1998

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