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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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