Jonathan Berger's Poetry: Poem of the Day
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You must find that which you love
that which you treasure
you must find your joy, the thing that leaves you complete.
You must find that special special thing, and you must kill it
for you must let nothing have that power over you.

This is the assassin's code,
the criminal's code, the wise man's code
and it leaves you powerful
in the eyes of man and god.
It makes you invincible to your enemies
irresistible to your foes.

Or so I'm told.
And it is that
which is my special thing,
my joy, my pleasure.
It is invincibility I seek
which leaves me in my present quandary.