We Wear the Mask
Do you know this poem? 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 tears and sighs?Nay,