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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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