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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   #£§~^,,,,,
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,^~^§£#@##   GROVE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD, AND   ##@#£§^~^,
,^~^§£#@##  THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST   ##@#£§^~^,
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,^~^§£#@##                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     ##@#£§^~^,
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,,,,~^^^§#  EVERYTHING. HER BLACK SKIRT REACHED TO  #§^^^~,,,,
,^~^§£#@##   HER KNEES BUT THEN SOMEHOW ALSO BACK   ##@#£§^~^,
,,,^~^§##@  AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF   @##§^~^,,,
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,^~~^^^^§# 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 ##@#£§^~^,
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,^~^^§££#@  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,  ##@#£§^~^,
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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   #£§^^,,,,,
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,,,,^~^£##   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,    ##§§~,,,,,
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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! ##@#£§^~^,
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