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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 ,,~«;%%#
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&%%;«~,,,, THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST ,,,,~«;%%&
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##&%%;«~,, MY CAR WAS BLACK AND LOUD, BOTH THE ,,~«;%%#
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&%%;«~,,,, 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 ,,~«;%%#
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&%%;«~,,,, 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 ,,~«;%%#
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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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&%%;«~,,,, NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE ,,,,~«;%%&
#&%%;«~,,, THEY WERE ALLRIGHT, MOULDED IN PLACE, ,,,~«;%%
##&%%;«~,, AND I LOATHED IT ------ I MISSED HER ,,~«;%%#
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&%%;«~,,,, MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE ,,,,~«;%%&
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##&%%;«~,, 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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##&%%;«~,, IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD ,,~«;%%#
#&%%;«~,,, BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE ,,,~«;%%
&%%;«~,,,, DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR, ,,,,~«;%%&
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###&%%;«~, THE GROUND WAS STICKY, RED. ,~«;%%##
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&%%;«~,,,, DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY ,,,,~«;%%&
#&%%;«~,,, TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! ,,,~«;%%
##&%%;«~,, SHE WAS HERE! ,,~«;%%#
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