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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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