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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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