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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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