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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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