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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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