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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  #££†^^=,,,
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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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