The Night the Crickets Sang

No stars

It was a quiet night

No light

Just a heart marred

Need to maintain

   It's no biggie~

There's a crack

   The mask smiles so purely~

To be free is the dream

Please don't look at me

A sun shining bright, the nightmare

Nonexistent comfort

But for crickets

Singing their wordless song

Pity, pity, pity

      Make the 

              buzzing 

                     stop

Audience is waiting

Today I'll be a pretty thing

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P̵̡̨̡̣̯̹̣̯̳̰͍͔̭̥̊̋͋͊̎̾̌͝a̷̧̢̗̗̪͎̜̙̟̦͌̃t̵̘̹́͊̾̂͘c̶̨̹̫͚̀̿̃̈́̋̆̀̊̈́̃͝h̴̞̗̤̪̱͍̭̙͠ͅ ̷̺̬̪͔͎̯̘̭̑̉̈́͊̽͑͒͌͘͜ͅT̸͎̣̫̝̫̟̣̲͐͜͜ḧ̴̢͚̥̱͉̭̗̟̮̮̲̺̟́̒́̽̾̂͘͝e̶̦̝̋̒͊̀̕ͅ ̷͚͈̈́̓̐̉͊C̸͙͙̠͚̳̠͍͉̄r̸̟̯͍̻͕̰̣͈̰̲͚͋͜ͅA̵̢̮̲̖̮͔͎̦͇͈̟͙͈̫̿̀̄̀̃̽͆̀̈́̈̒̒̑̑͠c̸͉̝̜̠͑̒̈̃̋̓͊̌̇̔͘̚͘͝ͅͅk̷̪͉̱̊̃̏̈́̀̅̀̅̀̔́̒̃̚͝s̴̨̘̥̥̗̈́͌̔͗̍̋̀̈́̚̚ ̶̡͈̠̟͕̣̪̈́̏̏͝A̵̧̡̬̟͉̯̮̝̭̳̦̮̳̫̿̇́͘L̷̮̺̼͖͚̞̐̅̓̂̀͂͆͆̈́͝ͅR̴̠̖̬̻͎̦̄̽̅͒̅͘̕͠E̸̡̗̝̗̹̙̗͂̐̆̐̆̕͘͜A̶͖̺̥͐̽̒͋̄͒̓D̵̪͙͚̟̜̯͇̦̮̠̟̠̄̕̚Y̷͍̜͗̈́̋̇!̵̲͒̑͊̈́́͑̽͒͌̕!̷͍̖͖̯̤̤̘̖́̽̑͌̑̿̓̒͘ͅ!̷̡̯̥͙̩̣̘̜̱́̈͗!̶̧̨̨̗̬͉̭̳́͒̓̔́̀͋!̷̢̨̼̟̲͓̖̱̔͑̑ͅ!̷̟͇̭̺̫̜͂!̵̨̭̺̪̱̩̞͕̮͔̺̖̬̐͊̏̆͛̐̈̓͝!̵͎̺̬͇̣͔̠̩̻̹̳̩̼̜̌̒̔͛̈́͋̈́̐

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Poem is mine!~ 

Painting: George Wesley Bellows - Summer Night, Riverside Drive (1909)