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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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