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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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