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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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