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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.            ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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