Faux Pas

“Hell is other people”-Jean Paul Sartre

In the public eye,

One is always

on trial.

A jury forms.

Condemning,

your every move.

Witnessing,

foolishness

from one’s

attempts

Of becoming

rational being.

A spectacle,

taking part

in your torture.

Shall you plead

innocence

against a hundred faces?

Your honor,

I plead,

Guilty

For my existence

is but a joke.

To the people’s

gaze.

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By Vivien Clarisse Leynes