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Skin Deep
Tricky things are happy dreams;
Their joy is darker than it seems.
The surface glows, but 'neath the seams
An undertow of darkness teems,
Where laughter covers endless screams
And bathes the mind in Horror's streams.
Their joy is darker than it seems.
The surface glows, but 'neath the seams
An undertow of darkness teems,
Where laughter covers endless screams
And bathes the mind in Horror's streams.
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Comment by Kay Elizabeth on December 31, 2009 at 1:47am
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Bathes the mind in Horror's streams.
That final line will stay with me for quite a while, Oliver. :) What was behind this poem?
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Comment by Oliver Black on January 1, 2010 at 9:29am
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Well, it was really inspired by a line from another poem, though I can't remember the name of it. But I used my extensive experience with good dreams gone bad and wrote this little piece about it.
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