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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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