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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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