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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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