Tear tears through my eye
A screaming struggle
To shin the shallow me
The calculated “I”
Penetrate the pretense
Of this plastic life
Hard? Yes it’s hard
(what did you expect?)
Easy life – easy lie

Crackerjack smile is cracked
I spy the lie decry the lie
Jack tragic trace:
Tear etching scars your caked
On clown face

I shun the mask
I’ll never put it back