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§§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§§¨§
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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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§¨§¨§¨¨§§¨                                          §¨¨§¨¨§§¨§