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Smile


smiling

cracks across
my face
it hurts.

rips apart
the dream
forgotten.

bloody sight
inside
the rest
smiling.

joy unknown
lost
inside me.

damaged beyond
repair
the smile.

i cried
and died
but left
the smile.

bloody sight
inside
the rest
smiling.

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