He padded his coat

 

his guise was almost
see-through.
so he padded his coat.
but, writhing in insecurities,
he was only investing
in a scream.

 

a reactionary.
built in threat of the next
someone.
stemmed from weak
necessity
to salvage his comforting
dreams.

 

a miser,
apt to call this life
a trifle;
the rationale
that bends truth around
convenience.

 

unappealing, yet unimposing;
a cocoon around
the bleeding,
that, presently,
sustains
the feigning

 

to burst.

 

 

 

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