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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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