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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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