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###@$*†~,¨ when i was in eight grade i decided i ¨,~†*$@###
###@$*†~,¨ was dead. my spirit had left my body, ¨,~†*$@###
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###@$*†~,¨ i remember sitting in my parents car on ¨,~†*$@###
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###@$*†~,¨ puzzles since then. ¨,~†*$@###
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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 ¨¨,~~~~*@#
@@@$†~,¨¨¨ care too much, but i do. it's a ¨¨¨,~†$@@@
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