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###¤@%†=~. % % .~=†%@¤###
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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. .~=†@¤####
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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. .......=%¤
###¤@%†=~. .~=†%@¤###
###¤@%†=~. 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. .~=†%@¤###
###¤@%†=~. .~=†%@¤###
¤@††=~.... ....~=††@¤
¤@@@%=.... =====~~. .~~===== ....=%@@@¤
#¤@@@%†=~. .~=†%@@@¤#
###¤@%†=~. .~=†%@¤###
¤@†~...... 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. .~=†%@¤###
#¤@†====~. .~====†@¤#
¤¤¤@%%†=~. 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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###¤@%†=~. =====~~. .~~===== .~=†%@¤###
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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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