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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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