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###@%§/~^¨ ^^^^^^^^##~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~##^^^^^^^^ ¨^~/§%@###
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#%%%§§/~^¨ when  i  was in eight grade  i decided i ¨^~/§§%%%#
#@§~^¨¨¨¨¨ was dead. my spirit  had  left  my body, ¨¨¨¨¨^~§@#
#@§/~¨¨¨¨¨             never to return.             ¨¨¨¨¨~/§@#
###@%§/~^¨                                          ¨^~/§%@###
@§§/~^¨¨¨¨ 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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##@§/^^¨¨¨ ^^^^^^^^##~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~##^^^^^^^^ ¨¨¨^^/§@##
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