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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. .....,=†^%
#%^†=,.... ....,=†^%#
@#%^†=,... 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. ..,=†^%#@#
##@#%^†=,. .,=†^%#@##
#@#%^†=,.. 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. ..,=†^%#@#
@#%^†=,... ...,=†^%#@
#%^†=,.... 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. ........,=
,......... .........,
.......... THE GROUND WAS STICKY, RED. ..........
,......... .........,
=,........ 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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