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###@$*†~,¨                                          ¨,~†*$@###
###@$*†~,¨                                          ¨,~†*$@###
###@$*†~,¨                                          ¨,~†*$@###
@***†~¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨~†***@
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#@*~,,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,,~*@#
###@$*†~,¨ when i  was  in eight grade i decided  i ¨,~†*$@###
###@$*†~,¨ was dead. my spirit had  left  my  body, ¨,~†*$@###
#@$$†~~¨¨¨             never to return.             ¨¨¨~~†$$@#
#@$†~~~,,¨                                          ¨,,~~~†$@#
###@$*†~,¨ i remember sitting in  my parents car on ¨,~†*$@###
###@$*†~,¨ a cloudy,  watery  day,  getting  a ride ¨,~†*$@###
@*††,¨¨¨¨¨ somewhere.  it felt like  i  had  solved ¨¨¨¨¨,††*@
#@@$*††~,¨ some  great   puzzle.   i've  solved  no ¨,~††*$@@#
###@$*†~,¨            puzzles since then.           ¨,~†*$@###
@@***†~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~†***@@
####$*†~,¨  instead, i've been mindlessly piloting  ¨,~†*$####
###@$*†~,¨ this  body around. i still give it life, ¨,~†*$@###
#@*~~~~,¨¨ 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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#$*~~,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,~~*$#
###@$*†~,¨                                          ¨,~†*$@###
#@@$*††~,¨                                          ¨,~††*$@@#
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