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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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