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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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