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we wear the mask.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HLol9InMlc?rel=0&w=560&h=315] We Wear the Mask BY PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR 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, And mouth with myriad subtleties. Why should the world be over-wise, In counting all our…