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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 ££%^^««,,,
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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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