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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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£&†==,¨¨¨¨ 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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