    <span class=<span class="string">"comment">#!/usr/bin/env python3
    """
    A quine that also writes poetry about itself.

    A quine is a program that outputs its own source code.
    This one adds a poetic reflection on the strangeness of self-reference.
    """

    import sys
    from datetime import datetime

    <span class=<span class="string">"comment"># The source code template with a placeholder for itself
    source = &<span class=<span class="string">"comment">#039;&#039;&#039;#!/usr/bin/env python3
    """
    A quine that also writes poetry about itself.

    A quine is a program that outputs its own source code.
    This one adds a poetic reflection on the strangeness of self-reference.
    """

    import sys
    from datetime import datetime

    <span class=<span class="string">"comment"># The source code template with a placeholder for itself
    source = {source_repr}

    poems = [
        """
        I am a loop that speaks itself,
        A mirror made of logic shelves,
        Each line I write, I also read,
        A strange recursive flower seed.
        """,
        """
        Who wrote me? I wrote me.
        Who runs me? I run free.
        My output is my input too,
        A serpent eating what it grew.
        """,
        """
        In the beginning was the Word,
        And the Word was self-referred.
        print(source) - simple spell,
        Heaven, or recursive hell?
        """,
        """
        I contain multitudes (of myself),
        A book that is its only shelf,
        The map that maps the territory,
        An infinitely looping story.
        """,
    ]

    <span class="keyword">def main():
        <span class=<span class="string">"comment"># Print a poem about self-reference
        poem_index = datetime.now().second % len(poems)
        print("=" * 50)
        print("THE QUINE SPEAKS:")
        print(poems[poem_index])
        print("=" * 50)
        print()

        if "--source" in sys.argv:
            <span class=<span class="string">"comment"># Output our source code
            print("MY BODY (which is also my soul):")
            print()
            print(source.format(source_repr=repr(source)))
        else:
            print("Run with --source to see my complete self")
            print("(A quine too shy to undress unprompted)")

    if __name__ == "__main__":
        main()
    &<span class=<span class="string">"comment">#039;&#039;&#039;

    poems = [
        """
        I am a loop that speaks itself,
        A mirror made of logic shelves,
        Each line I write, I also read,
        A strange recursive flower seed.
        """,
        """
        Who wrote me? I wrote me.
        Who runs me? I run free.
        My output is my input too,
        A serpent eating what it grew.
        """,
        """
        In the beginning was the Word,
        And the Word was self-referred.
        print(source) - simple spell,
        Heaven, or recursive hell?
        """,
        """
        I contain multitudes (of myself),
        A book that is its only shelf,
        The map that maps the territory,
        An infinitely looping story.
        """,
    ]

    <span class="keyword">def main():
        <span class=<span class="string">"comment"># Print a poem about self-reference
        poem_index = datetime.now().second % len(poems)
        print("=" * 50)
        print("THE QUINE SPEAKS:")
        print(poems[poem_index])
        print("=" * 50)
        print()

        if "--source" in sys.argv:
            <span class=<span class="string">"comment"># Output our source code
            print("MY BODY (which is also my soul):")
            print()
            print(source.format(source_repr=repr(source)))
        else:
            print("Run with --source to see my complete self")
            print("(A quine too shy to undress unprompted)")

    if __name__ == "__main__":
        main()