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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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