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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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