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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. .&&...&&&.
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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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