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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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