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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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