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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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