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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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