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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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