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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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