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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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