Cliff looked at the assembled friends and hung an appreciative smile on his face
Everything was too perfect to those in attendance
Looks were more important than any bitter reality
Even if behind the looks rotted what was left of his decaying heart
Being a zombie with a human veneer should have been easier
Reaching forward to blow the candles out, Cliff’s only wish was for it to by quickly
Aggie smiled her know it all smile as she could see the monster she had created
Tearing another part of his humanity away, he blew out the flames
Eventually the pain would end, but not before that smile
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