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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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