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I'm not sad anymore
December 1, 2021
I'm not sad anymore.
Please just leave me alone
I don't want to be talked to
No, I'm not sad
I'm happy!
See this smile?
Of course it isn't made of cardboard.
No, this is my real face.
It isn't a wooden mask
Carved to be the person you want to see
This is me
Hey, stop!
You're pulling off my mask!
No.
Now you see me.
I'm not the person you wanted.
I'm only a ball of sadness
wrapped tightly with a single bond of happy
But that bond is a disguise.
It's sadness too.
I'm sad.
And now I will leave.
© Maddy S., Appleton, Wisconsin
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