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#@§^^^««,¨ when i was in eight  grade  i  decided i ¨,««^^^§@#
#@§^^«,¨¨¨ was  dead.  my spirit had  left my body, ¨¨¨,«^^§@#
##@§§^^«,¨             never to return.             ¨,«^^§§@##
§§§^^«¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨«^^§§§
@§^^««,,,¨ 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.            ¨¨¨,«^§§§#
##@§§^^«,¨                                          ¨,«^^§§@##
@§^^,¨¨¨¨¨  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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