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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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