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Vanity. Ares

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years before; the masquerade that I saw life as,

was simmering and attempting to overfloweth

within my cup. I mused that life really was about

finding good pockets to act out a good show; in

that one gets a good job, which they'll internally

hate, have a kid or maybe two, and on the outside

it seems great, but the show really has many

scenes in which the participators or actors

involved hate. A sort of fakery that becomes the

status quo; The Masquerade. Whilst I stared at the

wall on the right side of my cell opposite my bed,

because it was my favourite wall as it had grey

cracks on it, (reminding me of Claire's bedroom) I

concluded that day that the show must go on and

life must continue whether I liked it or not, which

gave me a feeling in my stomach and turned the

sky a cruel unnoticeable colour that would never

relent — On rushed life, the trial, the sun rising

and setting. The sun never rained; Monotony

prevails in prison. Hopes persist.

Chapter 3 - Trial, Perdition & Mayonnaise

After the knock, I was told that it would be

thirty minutes until I would be escorted to the

court to begin my trial. Whom that knocked was

the officer that felt I slighted him in the whole

wink fiasco — Faustun had told me his name was

Coctau. I said ok, and I got back to doing what I

was usually doing, nothing. The time elapsed and

Coctau and another black officer — that was

particularly jolly — escorted me out of my prison

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