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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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