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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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†/~:...... 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 ........:~
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†/~:...... 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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