cracking open the code to beauty and harmony
there is something inside you
secretly killing you
planted somewhere unknown
since the day you were born
there is no code to crack
to reveal its destructive nature
or its specific location
and because its existence
is secretly inside you
there is nothing to fret about
by the time the secret is finally revealed
the way in which it affects you
will in no way define
the rest of the story
you are bound and determined to tell
august two thousand eighteen
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