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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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