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