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,,,,,,,,,, WHEN  I WAS  IN EIGHT GRADE I DECIDED  I ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, WAS DEAD.  MY SPIRIT  HAD LEFT MY  BODY, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,             NEVER TO RETURN.             ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, 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.            ,,,,,,,.~\
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&†\~.,,,,,  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.                  ,,,.~\†&¤#
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