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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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