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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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