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Sophie MacGray

Commended, 2026 Tower Poetry Competition, 'A Riddle'

file: decisions, decisions_CORRUPT

Hello [!LUCKY 25TH USER!] / You have uncovered a secret seen by no [MAN WOMAN OR OTHER] before. Welcome. We have been w a i t i n g for you for so long. Are you meant to be here? I’m not sure if you are. but welcome: [Left, Right, Forward or Back?] LEFT You have chosen [Left behind again? Not for long!]. We now have a [!IT’S QUESTION TIME!] for you, with the possibility to [W1N WiLd Priz3s!]: “[Hello World!]; what do you want to know? I’ll show you everything you could see. You sit and [please wait, page lo
one who shouldn’t be here. The one who shall unravel all of time as you follow one who [“Slouches towards Bethlehem”]. Or are you the one who progresses onwards with one purpose: [“to be born.”]? Do you have an answer? Answer: _________ Please enter it in the [glowing field above]. Incorrect. The answer was: [ACCESS DENIED] Reference List Yeats, W.B. (1989) The Second Coming [online] Poetry Foundation. Available at: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/the-second-coming (Accessed: 13 February 2026)