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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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