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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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###§§†^«,¨ 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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