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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. @#**:^,,,,
,,,^::£#@# #@#£::^,,,
,^»:*£#@## 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. ##@#£*:»^,
,^»:*£##@# #@##£*:»^,
,,,,^^»*## 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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