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Self Deception
God says:
Tread lightly on streets of safety pins
beside the walls of heaven
Arch your back to the long-nailed hand
that said she was your friend
Bite your lip while your lungs collapse
As you burn do not make a sound
Given two roads,
take the one that leads to death
...
No! to suffer silently is an invisible crown that I must knock off your head while you are tied to your own kitchen chair
Good intentions perpetually encircling your chest but don't you see:
To suffer silently is false nobility
It is the magician disguised as a miracle worker,
The street vendor that sells cheap compliments,
The "hospitable" house owner,
Synthetic generosity, simply
It is illusion
And, intense enigma, even you would be amazed at how much of this world is illusion
If you choose to dissect me now, vulnerable and open, rest assured
The more lies you decipher
The more lies you will find
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Written under the influence, then later edited.