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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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