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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 ,,,,,,,,,~
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