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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. ¨¨¨¨¨~=*=§
=*=~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=*=
*=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=*
=*=~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=*=
§=*=~¨¨¨¨¨ 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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