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The Act


High school days and high school plays

Are the same yes?

A mask is garnished and worn to a ten;

While underneath is you, entirely hidden.

Inside is the struggle, are you going to become the character you portray

 or figure out a way for the real you to stay?

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Grant-Grey Porter Hawk Guda
<p>Powerful expression! Please never stop expressing from the heart. Continue the journey of poetry.&nbsp;</p>

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