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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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