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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.           §%=~~:¨¨¨¨
¨:~=^%§###                                          ###§%^=~:¨
¨:~=^%§@##  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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¨:~=^%@###                                          ###@%^=~:¨
¨¨¨¨~~==^§                                          §^==~~¨¨¨¨
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¨:~=^%§@##                                          ##@§%^=~:¨