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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. ¨¨¨¨,*%*¤¤
#@¶¤*%*«,¨ ¨,«*%*¤¶@#
¤*%««,¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨«*%¤
¶¶¤%%«¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨«%%¤¶¶
¤%*,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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