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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.            ####£†\»^,
,,^»\†£###                                          ###£†\»^,,
,^»\†£####   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.           ####£†\»^,
,,^»\†£###                                          ###£†\»^,,
,^»\†£####     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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