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Poetry

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts) Fri Apr 10, 2020, 01:46 PM Apr 2020

My Tears Fall Down to the Top of My Mask

My Tears Fall Down to the Top of My Mask

My tears fall down to the top of my mask
They don’t make a sound, and I ask
Am I able to do this?
No one will see my smile.

I take a deep breath to test my seal
Then slowly release as I gently feel
Have I put my mask on right?
I think this will work.

I look over to my cats and they stare
They won’t die from a whiff of air
Should I put gloves on?
I am thirsty.