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Painted on smile

Unyielding disguise

Opaque serenity, where ugliness hides

You say all is well

Through congealed bile

Accepting of all

Cold, calculated

Decide the techniques to employ

Stoic, husks

Contrive the illusion of joy

Projections of innocence

From guilt-wracked minds

Births a world insincere

Once so convincing

Belief has been lost

With intentions so clear

Paradise, adorning the lies

Never what it seems

Tainted by, perverted minds

Consuming greed

Just a tool, of despot's rule

To rob and exploit

Hollow souls, relinquished control

With another's voice

Hate, preacher

Promoting the virtues of peace

Shameless, vulture

Reaping the spoils of deceit

A blackened tongue twists

The olive branch into, a weapon of hate

Cloak of approval, affords an excuse

To discriminate