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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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