The Mask Of Evil

Portrait of Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht 1898–1956

On my wall hangs a Japanese carving, The mask of an evil demon, decorated with gold lacquer. Sympathetically I observe The swollen veins of the forehead, indicating What a strain it is to be evil.

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