Protruding Faces Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Taking on concentrated efforts to continue living
through hardships of all kinds, showing brave faces,
laughing outwardly, crying sadly inside all the while.

Staring at the make-believe clowns in life, watching
their grotesque faces sneering down their noses at
other people.

Protruding from waiting room chairs, thinking they
are better than the rest of us waiting there.

How ignorant some people can become when they have
nothing in their lives to satisfy their inane desires.