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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   ,^«/%§£££#
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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   ,,,,,^/%%£
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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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