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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. #=†««,,,,,
,-«†=@#£## ##£#@=†«-,
,,,,,«†@@# 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. ##====†«-,
,-«†=@#£## ##£#@=†«-,
,-«†=@#£## 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. #==«««,,,,
,,,,-†@@## ##@@†-,,,,
,,,,-«==@£ 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. #=«,,,,,,,
,-«†=@#£## ##£#@=†«-,
,,,,-†=@## 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. #@=«-,,,,,
,-«†=@#£## ##£#@=†«-,
,,,,,-†=@# 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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