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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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