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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.            ##@&*%\=^,
,,^=\%*&@#                                          #@&*%\=^,,
,,,^=\%*&@  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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