Hard Mask from Convalescence (2025) by Stephen Hero

Do the teeth
Do the hair
Do the lacquer
Then the stare
Do the stance
Do the sneer
Then the glance
Shot right back
Do the buzz
Do the comb
Then the rage
At the age of alone

Step into the cold
Take a breath feeling bold
See the crowd collecting tears
See the crowd burn their beards
It’s freezing
There’s a drug-fuelled lad
Machine gun mad
Why’d I come out
When it’s this harsh?
Why’d I come out
Without my hard mask?

Do the nod
To the beat
Cannot fail
In this heat
Take a sip
Make it last
Put the tube
In the guts
This skin’s not so thin
These things slide inside
Can we please stop spinning?

Home
Reach for Revolver
Play something older
Lee Morgan slides over
Spin it
Risk it

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