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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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