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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. .&...&&..&
&.&.&&&..& &&..&.&.&.
&&&&..&.&. 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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