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Created on: July 28, 2008
Secrets
Can't be kept forever
Can't be stopped
Once their killing begins
That invisible
Invincible army
Has left many corpses
In it's wake
Holding tight
To their bloody weapons
Of truth
Or lies
Preparing for
That unexpected strike
They don't even know
What hit them
As they fall
With wide eyes.
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