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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.                  ###§$/«^,,
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,,^«/$§### ^^^^^^^^##««««««««««««««««««««##^^^^^^^^ ###§$/«^,,
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