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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. @@¤%^:«,¨¨
¨¨¨,«:^%¤@ @¤%^:«,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«:^%¤ and then the sun came out, and she went ¤%^:«,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,«:^% away. everything changed... i yearned, %^:«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,«:^ and the world became dull around me. ^:«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«: :«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,« 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,« 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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