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Dear SeraPhoenix,

I would apologize

But somehow I can tell you don't like liars

Although lying as dormant for as long as I could

Hiding as well as I did

The hiding and omission could be considered lie anyway

But what I can truthfully say about everything

Is that the pain I caused you...well, it wasn't personal

You see, I did my job

Hate me, I don't care

I'm used to haters

But my job is to spread

Anonymously, mostly indiscriminately, uncontrollably

Your conquistadors of past learned from me

I use what I am to take what I want

You silly vessels think you are figuring me out

But I am the world's best ninja

Remaining shadowed to reappear when you think the war is over

No matter how hard you try, you research, you test

You may rid yourselves of me...for a while

But until you correct the errors of your own ways

I'll find myself back where you least suspect me

Yes, the errors of your own ways

Does it surprise you that I am mostly your own fault?

Did you think those poisons you put in your bodies would not harm you?

Did you think the rise in obesity and my growth rates were unparalleled?

You recklessly share your fluids with others

Take in radiation like your pockets are full of uranium

But blame me, that's fine, I'll take it

Ahh, that's right, I do spread through progeny from time to time

You call it "inherited genetic mutation"; I say its my evolution

Just like you, I want to be here too

So I grow and I spread

Again, its nothing personal

But my payoff is worth more to me than your suffering

And I have a job to do