Prove your humanity,

 
  says the login recovery feature: 
      and gives you either a math problem 
or a picture sliced into grids. You 
   have to click on each square with a car 
      or traffic sign, as if it were a matter 
of eye to hand coordination. Of the four 
      virtues— temperance, prudence, 
fortitude, justice— which one best
   characterizes the hidden heart? And 
      is there a name for that condition
which makes you tremble more than just a little 
   before the unknown, which yet flutes itself 
      into a promise perhaps to love you back?  

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