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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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