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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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