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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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