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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.            £#¤†:~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~:†¤#£#                                          #£#¤†:~^¨¨
¨^~:†¤#£##  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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¨¨¨¨¨¨^~:†                                          †:~^¨¨¨¨¨¨