§§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          §§§§¨¨§§¨§
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§¨§§§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§§§¨
§§§¨¨§§§§§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§
§¨¨§§§§¨¨¨ ,,,,,,,,##~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~##,,,,,,,, ¨¨¨¨§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§§¨§
§§§§§¨¨§§¨ when i  was  in eight grade  i decided i ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§ was dead. my  spirit  had left my  body, §¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§§§             never to return.             ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          §§§¨§§§§§¨
§§¨¨¨§§¨¨¨ 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.           §¨§§¨¨¨§§§
¨¨§§¨§§§¨§                                          ¨§§¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨§§  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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¨§§§§¨¨¨§§                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨¨§§