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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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