Muse of the Day
Published on September 23, 2022
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Muse of the Day

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We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile

Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar

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