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He Who Guards It Open
Everyone who enters past him is met with the faint scent of laundry detergent and Tuesday night’s dinner.
Its code is known only by five individuals.
But, only those who are capable of deciphering what its body carries may enter as it detects the heart and soul of each being as it passes its borders.
He sits in silence awaiting a knock or the grooves of fingerprints against its array of numbers within its security system.
Guests are invited into the world conveyed on its body.
What lies upon his body is an acrylic rainbow, faceless robot sitting happily upon a slice of golden tiramisu on a taped canvas signed by the golden F4 member.
Four ribbons: green, green, white, and below lies silver.
Three young women are living beyond its guard of worn, faintly brown wood.
A polaroid, as beautiful as the greenery of grass illustrates the three women in all of their raw beauty and happiness together, always.
Blue tape holds together the items to the guard of F4’s body.
White scratches embellish his exterior, nonetheless is his job done was utter efficiency.
The northernmost cutout of orange construction instructs incoming individuals to possess their own power within their own hands.
The power is and will only ever be in your hands.

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Tatum DiOro is a first-year student at Menlo College, from Millbrae, California. She is currently pursuing a degree in Entrepreneurship. She is the first club president of the Olympic weightlifting team. In addition, she is the principal of POWERWALK, a patent pending fitness program. Tatum’s lifestyle encompasses fitness, health, and strength in terms of physical, mental, and emotional gains. She also received the USA Weightlifting Sports Performance Coach Certification Level 1 at the age of 16. She has been training under Jim Schmitz for over 10 years and is a nationally ranked U.S. Olympic Weightlifter. In her free time, she interns at KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM for “The Modern Architect” and “The Innovator” Radio shows & Podcasts.