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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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