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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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