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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  ###§£%\=^¨
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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   #§£%=¨¨¨¨¨
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¨^=\%£§###    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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¨^=\%££££§    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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¨^=\%£§###     DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY     ###§£%\=^¨
¨^=\%£§### TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING!  ###§£%\=^¨
¨^=\%£§###               SHE WAS HERE!              ###§£%\=^¨
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