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Paranoia

September 3, 2014
By LettersInSkin SILVER, Nowhere, South Carolina
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The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls...<br /> ~Edgar Allan Poe

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It seeps into thoughts

Showing not truth,

But fears you believe

Clogging your ears with lying maggots

And with demons that corner you

Disguising their grotesque selves as angels

They know you’ll trust their forked, evil tongues

They know your naïve self will believe them

Their true selves hidden behind a mask of purity

They will drown you

In lies, fears,

And regret

And you’ll be unable to crawl out

© Emma L., Wyckoff, NJ

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