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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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