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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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