black becomes grey in a dim cigarette haze
convictions cool
crystalize with age
eyes fond of,
familiar with time
settle in their native
knowing
gaze
“Time Tells” by Meaghan Merrifield
Artwork by Leigh Viner
Author: meaghanmerrifield
Art Heap: Blurred Shrines
Artwork by Heinz Aimer
http://society6.com/artist/HeinzAimer
Caryn Drexl
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Abbey Watkins
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Rafal Rola
Ming Adigm
Pale Planes
paper planes swoop–
glide
over the sweet salt of the sea
loop around rosy lips,
pursed.
they fall into a pucker,
then a kiss
which dives
crashes quick
deep into the belly of everything
“Pale Planes” by Meaghan Merrifield
Artwork by Claire Pestaille
http://www.saatchionline.com/ClairePestaille
Haughty is the Head that Wears the Crown
Frame
crisp colgate teeth
line up to greet
his the mouth
which easily espouses such buttery sounds–
such a face calls for a crowd,
necks obligingly stretch–
crane
appease the self indulgent game
upsetting, nauseating
need for recognition
praise
fame
frame
emptiness contained
“Frame” by Meaghan Merrifield
Artwork by Franz Falckenhaus
Lit Mash: Unmasked
“No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to
the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.”
―Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
―Oscar Wilde
“The trouble with a mask is it never changes”
―Charles Bukowski
“Love takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.”
―James Baldwin
Artwork by Dene Leigh and Colleen Cunningham
Empty Amber
lofty golden goals
lay down to rest
to stay
after taken tolls
after time
after soot settled shame
nothing else remains
“Empty Amber” by Meaghan Merrifiend
Artwork by James Kirwan
Lit Mash: It’s Me You’ll Never See
“Self-consciousness is the enemy of all art, be it acting, writing, painting, or living itself, which is the greatest art of all.”
-Ray Bradbury
Artwork by Chase Kunz
The Show Tell Project 
