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§.§.§.§.§. ^^^^^^^^@@====================@@^^^^^^^^ .§..§.§.§.
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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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