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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=† I USED TO BE A GOTH, IN MY YOUTH, DOING †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†$ CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND $†=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=†$* TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS *$†=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†$*¤ BARN. WE LIVED JUST OUTSIDE TOWN, A ¤*$†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=†$*¤@ GROVE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD, AND @¤*$†=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=†$*¤@# THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST #@¤*$†=~¨¨
¨~=†$*¤@## MAKE OUT THE SURROUNDING FIELDS THROUGH ##@¤*$†=~¨
¨¨~=†$*¤@# THE TREES. #@¤*$†=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=†$*¤@ @¤*$†=~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†$*¤ MY CAR WAS BLACK AND LOUD, BOTH THE ¤*$†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=†$* ENGINE AND THE WAY THE PARTS DIDN'T *$†=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†$ REALLY STICK TOGETHER. I TOOK MY $†=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=† CRIMEFRIEND FOR RIDES, IN THE DARK, THE †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~= ETERNAL DARK THAT SEEMED TO SURROUND =~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=† US. SHE SEEMED TO CAST THIS VEIL OVER †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†$ EVERYTHING. HER BLACK SKIRT REACHED TO $†=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=†$* HER KNEES BUT THEN SOMEHOW ALSO BACK *$†=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†$*¤ AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF ¤*$†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=†$*¤@ OUR TIME TOGETHER. @¤*$†=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=†$*¤@# #@¤*$†=~¨¨
¨~=†$*¤@## THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES ##@¤*$†=~¨
¨¨~=†$*¤@# THE BLOOD WAS HER RED LIPSTICK OR HER #@¤*$†=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=†$*¤@ CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION. @¤*$†=~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†$*¤ WE DID CRIME, AND WE MADE WEIRD ¤*$†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=†$* STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF *$†=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†$ DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES $†=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=† AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~= AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE =~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=† TELEVISION. †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†$ $†=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=†$* AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT, AND SHE WENT *$†=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†$*¤ AWAY. EVERYTHING CHANGED... I YEARNED, ¤*$†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=†$*¤@ AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME. @¤*$†=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=†$*¤@# #@¤*$†=~¨¨
¨~=†$*¤@## I STOPPED DOING CRIME, EXCEPT WHEN ##@¤*$†=~¨
¨¨~=†$*¤@# NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE #@¤*$†=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=†$*¤@ THEY WERE ALLRIGHT, MOULDED IN PLACE, @¤*$†=~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†$*¤ AND I LOATHED IT ------ I MISSED HER ¤*$†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=†$* SO MUCH. *$†=~¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~=†$* I SEARCHED FOR HER, BUT NOBODY HAD ANY *$†=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†$*¤ MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME ¤*$†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=†$*¤@ EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER. @¤*$†=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=†$*¤@# MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE #@¤*$†=~¨¨
¨~=†$*¤@## BARN, OR IN THE CAR. ##@¤*$†=~¨
¨¨~=†$*¤@# #@¤*$†=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=†$*¤@ SOMETIMES I COULD STILL SEE HER @¤*$†=~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†$*¤ FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN. ¤*$†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=†$* EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A *$†=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†$ MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW $†=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=† WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~= HAD BEEN REAL... =~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=† †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨~=†$*¤@ @¤*$†=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=†$*¤@# I DIED BY GETTING SHOT IN THE HEAD #@¤*$†=~¨¨
¨~=†$*¤@## WHILE RAMMING THE FENCE TO A MILITARY ##@¤*$†=~¨
¨¨~=†$*¤@# FACILITY. BY THIS TIME THEY HAD BEEN #@¤*$†=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=†$*¤@ CHASING ME FOR DAYS. I LOST CONTROL @¤*$†=~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†$*¤ OVER THE CAR, CRASHED IT INTO A ROCK ¤*$†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=†$* WALL AND FLEW OUT THE WINDSHIELD. *$†=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†$ $†=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=† AND THEN I GOT UP, AND LOOKED AROUND. †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~= IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD =~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=† BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE †=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~=†$ DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR, $†=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~=†$* SOME ON FIRE. *$†=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†$*¤ ¤*$†=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=†$*¤@ THE GROUND WAS STICKY, RED. @¤*$†=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=†$*¤@# #@¤*$†=~¨¨
¨~=†$*¤@## AND THEN I REALIZED THAT I KNEW THIS ##@¤*$†=~¨
¨¨~=†$*¤@# DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY #@¤*$†=~¨¨
¨¨¨~=†$*¤@ TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! @¤*$†=~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~=†$*¤ SHE WAS HERE! ¤*$†=~¨¨¨¨
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