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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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