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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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