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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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