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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, ¨¨¨¨¨«§§#@
##@#$§†«,¨ AND I LOATHED IT ------ I MISSED HER ¨,«†§$#@##
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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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##@#$§†«,¨ AND THEN I GOT UP, AND LOOKED AROUND. ¨,«†§$#@##
##@#$§†«,¨ IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD ¨,«†§$#@##
@$§««,,¨¨¨ BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE ¨¨¨,,««§$@
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##@#$§†«,¨ THE GROUND WAS STICKY, RED. ¨,«†§$#@##
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###@$§†«,¨ AND THEN I REALIZED THAT I KNEW THIS ¨,«†§$@###
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###@$§†«,¨ TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! ¨,«†§$@###
@###$§†«,¨ SHE WAS HERE! ¨,«†§$###@
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