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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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