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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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##§$†\«^,, MY CAR WAS BLACK AND LOUD, BOTH THE ,,^«\†$§##
###§$†\«^, ENGINE AND THE WAY THE PARTS DIDN'T ,^«\†$§###
##§$†\«^,, REALLY STICK TOGETHER. I TOOK MY ,,^«\†$§##
#§$†\«^,,, CRIMEFRIEND FOR RIDES, IN THE DARK, THE ,,,^«\†$§#
§$†\«^,,,, ETERNAL DARK THAT SEEMED TO SURROUND ,,,,^«\†$§
$†\«^,,,,, US. SHE SEEMED TO CAST THIS VEIL OVER ,,,,,^«\†$
§$†\«^,,,, EVERYTHING. HER BLACK SKIRT REACHED TO ,,,,^«\†$§
#§$†\«^,,, HER KNEES BUT THEN SOMEHOW ALSO BACK ,,,^«\†$§#
##§$†\«^,, AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF ,,^«\†$§##
###§$†\«^, OUR TIME TOGETHER. ,^«\†$§###
##§$†\«^,, ,,^«\†$§##
#§$†\«^,,, THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES ,,,^«\†$§#
§$†\«^,,,, THE BLOOD WAS HER RED LIPSTICK OR HER ,,,,^«\†$§
$†\«^,,,,, CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION. ,,,,,^«\†$
§$†\«^,,,, WE DID CRIME, AND WE MADE WEIRD ,,,,^«\†$§
#§$†\«^,,, STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF ,,,^«\†$§#
##§$†\«^,, DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES ,,^«\†$§##
###§$†\«^, AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE ,^«\†$§###
##§$†\«^,, AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE ,,^«\†$§##
#§$†\«^,,, TELEVISION. ,,,^«\†$§#
§$†\«^,,,, ,,,,^«\†$§
$†\«^,,,,, AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT, AND SHE WENT ,,,,,^«\†$
§$†\«^,,,, AWAY. EVERYTHING CHANGED... I YEARNED, ,,,,^«\†$§
#§$†\«^,,, AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME. ,,,^«\†$§#
##§$†\«^,, ,,^«\†$§##
###§$†\«^, I STOPPED DOING CRIME, EXCEPT WHEN ,^«\†$§###
##§$†\«^,, NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE ,,^«\†$§##
#§$†\«^,,, THEY WERE ALLRIGHT, MOULDED IN PLACE, ,,,^«\†$§#
§$†\«^,,,, AND I LOATHED IT ------ I MISSED HER ,,,,^«\†$§
$†\«^,,,,, SO MUCH. ,,,,,^«\†$
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#§$†\«^,,, I SEARCHED FOR HER, BUT NOBODY HAD ANY ,,,^«\†$§#
§$†\«^,,,, MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME ,,,,^«\†$§
$†\«^,,,,, EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER. ,,,,,^«\†$
§$†\«^,,,, MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE ,,,,^«\†$§
#§$†\«^,,, BARN, OR IN THE CAR. ,,,^«\†$§#
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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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§$†\«^,,,, I DIED BY GETTING SHOT IN THE HEAD ,,,,^«\†$§
$†\«^,,,,, WHILE RAMMING THE FENCE TO A MILITARY ,,,,,^«\†$
§$†\«^,,,, FACILITY. BY THIS TIME THEY HAD BEEN ,,,,^«\†$§
#§$†\«^,,, CHASING ME FOR DAYS. I LOST CONTROL ,,,^«\†$§#
##§$†\«^,, OVER THE CAR, CRASHED IT INTO A ROCK ,,^«\†$§##
###§$†\«^, WALL AND FLEW OUT THE WINDSHIELD. ,^«\†$§###
##§$†\«^,, ,,^«\†$§##
#§$†\«^,,, AND THEN I GOT UP, AND LOOKED AROUND. ,,,^«\†$§#
§$†\«^,,,, IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD ,,,,^«\†$§
$†\«^,,,,, BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE ,,,,,^«\†$
§$†\«^,,,, DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR, ,,,,^«\†$§
#§$†\«^,,, SOME ON FIRE. ,,,^«\†$§#
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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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