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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«
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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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