Welcome to the masquerade ball
Faces are hidden
Champagne is popped
Everyone is mingling
Not what it seems
The surface is adorned
Beneath, it is stirring
Aristocrats make nice
Even when hatred is
Overflowing
Dripping in jewels
Dresses are beaded
Anything but pure bliss
Is nowhere to be seen
Welcome to the masquerade ball
Where we never say what we mean
Here is where you
suppress
conceal
squash
And put on a prize act
Smile with a gleam