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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  #§%^~,,,,,
,^~^%$§¶##   Her Knees But Then Somehow Also Back   ##¶§$%^~^,
,^~^%$¶###   Around, Enveloping All My Memories Of  ###¶$%^~^,
,,,^^~~%$§            Our Time Together.            §$%~~^^,,,
,^~^%$§¶##                                          ##¶§$%^~^,
,^~^%$§¶##   There Was Blood Everywhere. Sometimes  ##¶§$%^~^,
,^~^%%%%§#   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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