A candy-colored clown they call the sandman...

A book with a thousand bloodlines and riddled with forgotten context.

Stories of beasts fantastic with feats superhuman.

A thirty-eight inch strip of leather.

Fetid bottle of something to make it all go away - for a time.

Mysterious gifts from familiar faces.

A flag bound to heroes who will never see home.

Lofty titles placed to make us feel safe.

Order from experience that was never right to begin with.

A view blocked from something bad and a lesson taken out of fear.

Questions from souls more lost than others.

Reason wrung from countless fabrications.

Does it draw a smile still?