Spiritual Hell Shoulder Cap

I have to face ancient fears.

I want to expose my old face: I want to switch from thick-framed glasses to contact lenses.

The thick frames are friends. They partially hide the dark circles under my eyes.

They protect me from…

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All my life, people have discovered my face, leaned in, and said, “You look very tired. Exhausted! Sir, you have the expression of a dead person. You look like a camp counselor about to tell a ghost story, illuminating his face unwaveringly with a flashlight, making him look like someone who has come back from the grave to tell a tale about hell. That’s you! Transparent

To be fair to my critics, I do indeed look tired. Profound.

Proof
In high school French, my teacher stopped everything, slid over to me, and shouted something I thought was French:

“Oh, La La! tu es une horreur terrifiante, sous tes putains d'yeux!”

Since I knew less than half of the French, I laughed, which prompted the teacher to continue teaching me:

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