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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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