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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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