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The genie asked the man,

"is that all you truly desire?"

The man replied,

"yes."

But, the genie knew he was quite a good liar.

No one truly knows what all humans desire.

Some prefer chaos, 

some prefer peace.

We're all different, yet the same species.

Is there any way to tell good apart from bad?

In this world where people wear tall hats,

and keep their faces undiscovered as they stay behind plastic masks.

'The best version of ourselves,'

is what we present to others.

Never the 'us' that made it out through all the ruins & ruble.

The imperfect, 

yet the purest version of ourselves.

The one that suffered.

The one that endured.

The one that fought.

The insecure.

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