unwelcome resident

   methodical thief
    
        stealing health

            leaving victims

                 silently suffering

                      I
                        N
    ­                       V
                              I
                               ­ S
                                  I
                          ­          B
                                       L
                                         E

                                          A
                  ­                        F
                                       ­   F
                                          L
                ­                          I
                                     ­     C
                                          T
              ­                            I
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                  struggling to shoulder

                     optimism's burden

                       while future taps

                       an impatient foot