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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 ,,.«\%%###
####%%\«., 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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