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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 £*†~^^,,,,
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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   £*†~,,,,,,
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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 ¶¶¶£*§†~^,
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,,,,,^†**¶             HAD BEEN REAL...             ¶**†^,,,,,
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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,    #@¶£*§†~^,
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,^~†§**£¶@       THE GROUND WAS STICKY, RED.        @¶£**§†~^,
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,^~†§*£¶##     DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY     ##¶£*§†~^,
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