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By Morgan LeFay

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I have often wonderedWhy we try to hide our facesIn masks of clever paintIt doesn't seem to matterHow old or young we areOr what our faces look likeWhether we be great beautyOr Ugliest of hagsWe guard ourselves foreverWith cheapened visages of colorSo then perhaps we are afraidTo show our own true selvesOn a world of cheated splendorOr perhaps we try to hideNot our flaws of face and browBut rather those of soul and heart and mindany synonyms for face that would work please Written August 17th, 2001 © on Aug 17 2001 02:03 PM PST   0 • 11 • 9

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"I have often wonderedWhy we try to hide our facesIn masks of clever paintIt doesn't seem to matterHow old or young we areOr what our faces look likeWhether we be great beautyOr Ugliest of hagsWe guard ourselves foreverWith cheapened visages of colorSo then perhaps we are afraidTo show our own true selvesOn a world of cheated splendorOr perhaps we try to hideNot our flaws of face and browBut rather those of soul and heart and mindany synonyms for face that would work please..."

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