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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.            #,###,,##,
,###,,,###                                          ##,,#,#,##
#,,#,,#,,#   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.   #,,,,#,,#,
,###,,#,,,                                          #,,,##,##,
#,,#,##,,,    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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