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Masquerade
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come one! come all!
to life's masquerade ball
the grandest display of all

hide thine face and you can stay
in this place where you always
live for today

Watch them twirl and dance.
Behind your mask, watch them prance.
but watch their eyes for they tell a story
Of better days, of timeless glory.
Look behind those eyes.
Beneath the mask.
See the lies.
Of which we should not ask.

A masquerade, a party, a ball.
Please, come one! Come all!

Love is a dance.
Of exquisite romance.
The truth, or a lie.
Whatever the hopes, the dreams may die.
Perhaps.
Just perhaps, what you ask?
You'll find happiness behind that mask.

So, won't you come with me?
Hidden, behind your mask you see?
To dance and play.
To laugh and sway.
To die, a little more this day.

Come, to the masquerade.
A gaudy ball, a grand parade.
A party, of childrens cheers.
A twisted gather, of morbid fears.
A calvacade, of cheerful cries.
A dark, dark party, full of lies.





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 Reviews of "Masquerade"
Reviewed by Nickolaus Pacione
Reviewed on July 20, 2003
I like this one. Very surreal.

Reviewed by Ian Thorpe
Reviewed on June 4, 2003
We may get cynical about the masquerade as we get older - but aren't we all eternal optimists too.
Loved this.

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on May 26, 2003
superb sarcasm!

Reviewed by Nicole Davis Vergara (Reader)
Reviewed on May 26, 2003
This is REALLY REALLY GOOD!!!! I like the imagery, and cynical or not WOW a trully creative piece!!!!
~Nikki~

Reviewed by Leland Waldrip
Reviewed on May 26, 2003
Yes, cynical and yes, well written.
Thanks,
Leland

Reviewed by Dana Matthews (Reader)
Reviewed on May 26, 2003
Oh so creative and unique! I love it! And the art work is magnifique...bravo!

~DAM~

Reviewed by na na (Reader)
Reviewed on May 26, 2003
Perfectly distraught. What is wrong Deborah? Miss your writing. You need to write more, not less. Your friend Bill

Reviewed by Dove (Reader)
Reviewed on May 25, 2003
Loved the flavor in this one..!!

Peace, Dove

Reviewed by Elizabeth Taylor (Reader)
Reviewed on May 25, 2003
Sounds like mardi gras.

Reviewed by Lady Peg (Reader)
Reviewed on May 25, 2003
Imagery is so good!

Reviewed on May 25, 2003
evocative in its cynicism but superb


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