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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. ,&&,,&&&,,
&,,,&,&,&& ,&,&,&,,&,
&&,,&&&&&, 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. ,,,,,&,,&,
&&&&,,&,,, ,,,,,&&,&&
,,,,&,&&,, 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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