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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 ~^........
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