Smile
Do other animals do it,
Or is is just our thing?
This Secret pact
Hands stacked
Everyone retracts to
Silently agree
That this is how it should be done.
What vibrant vampire baptized us
To believe in the dogma
Of flashing your fangs as a sign of glee?
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And did he know
How far this religion would spread?
First down the roads of
I'm not sure but I'm willing to try.
Then past the fork of
Anything stuck in there? Before
Winding through
The Valley of Cute Rage where
Muscles scrunch and
Kinetic magnets release
A generation of butterflies
Chrysalis waterfall
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Two hundred forty-eight billion
Ninety-six million versions of
How dare you underestimate me
Face off against
Broken lineages of
Just take the damn picture already.
Night comes and canines yowl
Embarrassed, but not bashful enough
To go silent.
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Behind the camouflage of teeth
A gremlin waits to come out,
Eyes lit up like a game time buzzer
Demanding attention.
And when it comes, we freeze
Masks on
Waiting for the next religion
To perform mouth to mouth
Its declaration of how next
To contort
And distort
Before we once again
Go off, unhinged.