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For seven years a mask I wore,
Secure behind, and firm before;
A mask acceptable and neat,
As folk accustomed are to meet.
It went to school, it went to college,
A mask it was of wit and knowledge;
Older grown, it wined and dined,
Was mask superior, mask refined,
Mask prominent, mask most renowned,
Mask with a hundred masks around.
One day, it felt so hot and tight,
I took it off to say goodnight,
Shake hands, \u2013 I think I tried to smile
(\u2019Twas only for a little while).
They shrieked aloud with rage and pain
Until I put it on again.<\/p>\n
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\nSangharakshita on “The Mask”<\/strong><\/p>\n Listen to the whole interview. Or to individual tracks below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The sixth in a series of ten intimate interviews between Sangharakshita and Saddhanandi, reflecting on Sangharakshita\u2019s own selections from his extensive body of poetry. In this segment they discuss the poem \u201cThe Mask\u201d.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Sound Cloud – full” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \n