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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.           ¨¨¨¨--†§§¶
¶¶&%%†-¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨-†%%&¶¶
##¶&§%†«-¨      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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&§†--¨¨¨¨¨             «««««--¨ ¨--«««««            ¨¨¨¨¨--†§&
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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.        ¨-«†%§&¶##
###¶§%†«-¨                                          ¨-«†%§¶###
#¶§%««-¨¨¨   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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