often portrayed smiling
with hands outstretched to all
and sundry
historically
has almost always been
also a hangman
in some sense
hooded
holding
someone else’s noose
putting it over
someone else’s head
pulling someone else’s
lever
he smiles in public
in order to get
the hangman’s job
he wears the hood
so you can’t see
he’s still smiling
Dark Matter 
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