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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. ##£@§^;«,,
,,«;^§@£## ##£@§^;«,,
,,«;^§@£## 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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