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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. &&..&.&&..
&&...&&... ..&.&&&.&.
&.&..&.&.. 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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