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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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