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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. ¨~=///^%##
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&^=¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨~==^^&
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##%//~~¨¨¨ 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. ¨~=/^%####
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#&%/=~¨¨¨¨ and then the sun came out, and she went ¨¨¨¨~=/%
#%^/=¨¨¨¨¨ away. everything changed... i yearned, ¨¨¨¨¨=/^%#
##%/~¨¨¨¨¨ and the world became dull around me. ¨¨¨¨¨~/%##
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#%^^=¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨~=/^%##
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##%^^^/=~¨ 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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###&%^/=~¨ =====~~¨ ¨~~===== ¨~=/^%##
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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. ¨~=/^%##
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####&%^/=~ 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. ¨~=/^%##
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##%//=~¨¨¨ the ground was sticky, red. ¨¨¨~=//%##
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###&%^/=~¨ 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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