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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. ¨:»^%@##@@
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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. ¨:»^%@##@@
#@##@%^»:¨ ¨:»^%@##@#
#@@%%^»:¨¨ 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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