some lurk, others conceal part or all
of their names — behind these masks
who lies? what tug might recall
their first cry, their toddler’s grasp
at freedom, their teen’s urge to try
everything — fearless iconoclast —
plunge into sex, drugs, protest, deride
received “truth” to dare the unknown
dark & deep where danger lies
she'll find it, suffer & claim her own
indelible story, what she’ll recall
while hiding, lost, silent, alone
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