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....^^=### 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.           #@@=-^^...
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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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