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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. ,,,,,,,~*&
###@&*†~-, ,-~†*&@###
##@&&*†~-, 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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