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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.                ¨¨¨¨¨¨:«:†
£†:«:¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨:«:†£
¶£†:«:¨¨¨¨   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.                ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«:
†:«:¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨:«:†
£†:«:¨¨¨¨¨  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.     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  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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