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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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*^†~~..... 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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