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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 ,,,,&&&,,,
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