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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 ,,,,,,,,~*
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*%*~,,,,,, 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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