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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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