"A dangling modifier is a phrase or clause which says something different from what is meant because words are left out." (from englishplus.com)
Why does this sound like it is describing my life? My sad, little dangling life. Participles pointing their fingers at the wrong nouns. At the wrong people. At the wrong me. Fingers long enough to be mistaken for Pinocchio's nose. Facial features that possess dual functionality: aside from their normal, biological function, they also operate as being a very reliable and self-incriminating lie-detector. We are all like Pinocchio. Our language extending back and forth, lies that are sounded out in our very speech, leaving behind the stale taste of last year's cigarettes on the tips of our dangling tongues.
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Do your lies still leave behind "the stale taste of last year's cigarettes on the tips of your dangling tongue"? Then lick your lips and treasure this taste, because you're one of the last people still feeling it.
Lies are so well rooted in our minds, in our tongues that we just proudly spit them like the last dumb actor on a stage, earning the same money, the same smiles, the same tears, the same respect.
Wear your mask and cry behind it, but when people look at you, get ready to be like The Joker: ever-smiling even when you're dying. They will all love you.
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