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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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