when i was in  eight  grade i  decided i 
 was  dead. my spirit  had left my  body, 
             never to return.             
                                          
 i remember sitting  in my parents car on 
 a cloudy,  watery  day, getting  a  ride 
 somewhere.  it felt like  i  had  solved 
 some  great   puzzle.  i've   solved  no 
            puzzles since then.           
                                          
  instead, i've been mindlessly piloting  
 this body around.  i still give it life, 
 somehow. like a golem, and i try  not to 
 care  too  much,  but  i   do.   it's  a 
   contaminated golem, this one. purity   
 clouded by  my  echo.  afterglow  of  my 
                 spirit.