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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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&$$%=^^¨¨¨ ~~~~~^^¨ ¨^^~~~~~ ¨¨¨^^=%$$&
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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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