#5

Put your make up on,
cover the paleness of death.
A mint will help you mask
your decomposing breath.
Don’t hold any
children too close today,
They will hear no heart
beat inside your cage.
The inquisitive ones
will ask you for a story,
Tell no fairy tales,
they’ll take those dark
words home.
A dinner table is hardly
the place for such truths
to be known.