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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.            £$:~,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,~:   THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES  :~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~:$  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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