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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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