A Mark’s Manifesto: Never Again, Motherfucker

They had us at hello That charming smile Disarming Even the most guarded That’s how it started We laid down our arms Faces glowing…

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They had us at hello
That charming smile
Disarming
Even the most guarded
That’s how it started
We laid down our arms
Faces glowing, wreathed in smiles
And all the while
We never saw they kept their walls
Firmly in their places
We only saw the smiles
On charming faces
We opened hearts and handed keys
Copies made but we never knew
We were …