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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 §§..§§§§§.
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