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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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§£§;«~¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨~«;§£§@##
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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 ¨¨~«;§£§@#
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§£§;«~¨¨¨¨ EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A ¨¨¨¨~«;§£§
£§;«~¨¨¨¨¨ MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW ¨¨¨¨¨~«;§£
§;«~¨¨¨¨¨¨ WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT ¨¨¨¨¨¨~«;§
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#@§£§;«~¨¨ 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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##@§£§;«~¨ DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY ¨~«;§£§@##
#@§£§;«~¨¨ TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! ¨¨~«;§£§@#
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