The Philistine Review

HAPPY                                                             THOUGHTS

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                                    JOY

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     JOY                                                              THOUGHTS

It’s a happy day! Happy happy happy! It’s your SPECIAL day! It’s YOUR day! It will hurt, but sometimes hurting is good! It’s good to hurt, that means you’re alive! Isn’t it FUN being alive? We love you, we adore you, and it’s YOUR day!

The candy tubes are entering your skin. It’ll be a quick and happy incision. Don’t you just love smiling? You’ll have a permanent smile. That is fun! You were once sad, but now you’re HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY! You got to live, isn’t that AWESOME?

The cold metallic sting in your mouth before you squeeze. You thought it’d all be over, but it isn’t! We saved you, just in time! You’ll always be smiling now! Think positive happy thoughts! What joy! Look at them as they scurry around you. I’m so happy!

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When you’re alive you can dance and sing and love! People will love you and will pity you. They will see you and tell their kids about you. You’re going to be famous! A famous person! We just need to break your face to fix you.

Here comes the doctor! It’s time for happy bandages. We wrap and wrap and wrap. Your head is the tree trunk. Round and round we go. The gauze sticks to you because it’s nice and sweet. The man pukes as he sees your face. He’s so happy he wants to eat it all up again!

A little lady in a white garb comes in and kisses your head. People are so nice and kind! They keep you alive with their kindness. It’s so sweet and warm and makes you feel good. You just gotta smile! Can you smile for me?

It’s hard to move your face when you don’t have one anymore. But why do you need a face anyways? Happy happy happy! You never got to see your old face, so enjoy the new one instead! It’s unique and special. 

At least your legs still work, which is a happy time! You can dance and play even if you have nobody to dance or play with. It is so nice that medicine has come so far that you can live without a face. You try to open your eyes but you cannot. We had to close them forever.

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A                    A

K                   K

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I                                 E

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Don’t cry! You can’t cry anymore! Isn’t that great? Who wants to cry? You open your mouth and can’t make noises. That’s fun! Fun and happy forever and ever! You touch the new you and try to smile. They promised to fix you and they did! You’re fixed forever now.