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He padded his coat
his guise was almost
see-through.
so he padded his coat.
but, writhing in insecurities,
he was only investing
in a scream.
a reactionary.
built in threat of the next
someone.
stemmed from weak
necessity
to salvage his comforting
dreams.
a miser,
apt to call this life
a trifle;
the rationale
that bends truth around
convenience.
unappealing, yet unimposing;
a cocoon around
the bleeding,
that, presently,
sustains
the feigning
to burst.
