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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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