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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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