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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.           %^-~,,,,,,
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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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