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###@$$*~^¨ I USED TO BE A GOTH, IN MY YOUTH, DOING ¨^~*$$@###
##@$$*~^¨¨ CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND ¨¨^~*$$@##
###@$$*~^¨ TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS ¨^~*$$@###
##@$$*~^¨¨ BARN. WE LIVED JUST OUTSIDE TOWN, A ¨¨^~*$$@##
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##@$$*~^¨¨ THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST ¨¨^~*$$@##
###@$$*~^¨ MAKE OUT THE SURROUNDING FIELDS THROUGH ¨^~*$$@###
##@$$*~^¨¨ THE TREES. ¨¨^~*$$@##
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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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