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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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