Mascara

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Mascara clogged eyelashes
Filter the wind,
Catching Autumn's fallen leaves
Before they can mingle
With my unshed tears -
Winter is almost upon us,
Her frosty nails carving fleurs des lis
On the nighttime window panes
Yet what little difference it makes for me -
I still don my painted mask each day,
Pretending I don't feel time slipping
Through my fingers like ocean sand,
Seasons turning into pages
In an ever-shortening book.

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