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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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