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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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