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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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