when i  was in eight grade  i  decided i 
 was dead. my  spirit had  left  my body, 
             never to return.             
                                          
 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.           
                                          
  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.