Papier MAche and Mardi Gras

PAPIER MACHE AND MARDI GRAS

©2010 by Diane Austin

Subliminal trespass

on your wits

that are chewed up

chewed up

and spit

right back at you

warped

by your own

considerations

The march of ideas

with faces

that do not belong

do not belong

to you

Yet

so often

unwittingly

you don these masks

these

substituted images

defective clones

dissembled personalities

in proud parade

with a liberty

of ownership

ownership

denying their

rightful owners

the privilege

of recreation

What temptation

is this art form!

this art form!

this masquerade!

The challenge

inconclusive adventure

This twisted fight

for space

hatched identities

in fancy

a papier mache existence

They will stick like lies

and trap you in disguise

Seemingly secured

behind these masks

resides

the true identity

of the performer

Dare

to see

Dare

to look

and

these facades

crumble

their voices

heard no more