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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. .@..@@..@@
.@@@...@.@ @@@.@.@.@.
.@..@..@@@ 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. @@..@@.@@@
@@.@@@@@@. @.@.@.@@..
@.@@.....@ 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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