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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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