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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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