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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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