Give a mask to any man,
And so hidden,
He will try all he can:
All that's forbidden.


A sense of safety so envelops
Uncertain folk of any kind.
When one a mask as this develops,
The wearer does so lose their mind.




(Fragment of "Of masks and such", by Johnny)

Penned by my hand on the 22nd of Phaestian, in the year 276 AF.