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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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