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A song

Praises

A little ditty that I used to sing at Beatnic's Cafe.

There's a mask that I wear when I don't want to share. All my feeings inside, with the mask I can hide, so nobody will know what I don't want to ..

Shh! The sound of silence. But making that sound is a noise.

For the Vicious Circle Group

This poem has 36 lines all of them having 9 syllables.

This poem has eight lines with eight syllables each.

This poem has two eight line stanzas with eight syllables in each line.

I believe we conceive all the dreams that we weave. We create our own fate with the goals we achieve. M.J.S.