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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. ¨¨¨.==£¤¤@
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#@@¤£†=~.¨           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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###¤£†=~.¨     DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY     ¨.~=†£¤###
##@¤£†=~.¨  TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! ¨.~=†£¤@##
##@¤£†=~.¨              SHE WAS HERE!               ¨.~=†£¤@##
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