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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. @@¤§§:=,,,
,,^====§£# #£§====^,,
,,,,==§¤@@ 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. @@@£¤§:=^,
,^=:§¤£@## ##@£¤§:=^,
,^=:§¤£@## 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. #@@£¤§:=^,
,^=:§§§££# #££§§§:=^,
,,,,,^^=§£ and then the sun came out, and she went £§=^^,,,,,
,^=:§¤£@@@ away. everything changed... i yearned, @@@£¤§:=^,
,,,,,,=:§£ and the world became dull around me. £§:=,,,,,,
,^=:§¤£@## ##@£¤§:=^,
,,^^=§§§¤@ 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. ##@£¤§:=^,
,^=:§¤£@## ##@£¤§:=^,
,,,,,,^:¤£ 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. ##@£¤§:=^,
,^=:§¤£@## ##@£¤§:=^,
,^=:§¤£@## 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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