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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.                 §¨¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§§                                          §¨§§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§                                          §¨¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§§            =====::¨ ¨::=====             §¨§§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§                                          §¨¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§§                                          §¨§§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§  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...             §¨§§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§                                          §¨¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§§                                          §¨§§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§             =====::¨ ¨::=====            §¨¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§§                                          §¨§§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§                                          §¨¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§§    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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