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##£¤$§^«.¨ I USED TO BE A GOTH, IN MY YOUTH, DOING  ¨.«^§$¤£##
##£¤$§^«.¨ CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND  ¨.«^§$¤£##
##£¤$§^«.¨  TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS   ¨.«^§$¤£##
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¤§§§§«¨¨¨¨   GROVE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD, AND   ¨¨¨¨«§§§§¤
###¤$§^«.¨   THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST  ¨.«^§$¤###
¤¤$$§«..¨¨  MAKE OUT THE SURROUNDING FIELDS THROUGH ¨¨..«§$$¤¤
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¤$$§§^^«.¨   ENGINE AND THE WAY THE PARTS DIDN'T    ¨.«^^§§$$¤
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##£¤$§^«.¨   AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF  ¨.«^§$¤£##
##£¤$§^«.¨            OUR TIME TOGETHER.            ¨.«^§$¤£##
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#¤¤¤$§^«.¨  THE BLOOD WAS HER RED LIPSTICK OR HER   ¨.«^§$¤¤¤#
##£¤$§^«.¨ CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION.  ¨.«^§$¤£##
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###£$§^«.¨  STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF ¨.«^§$£###
###¤$§^«.¨  DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES  ¨.«^§$¤###
¤¤$^^««.¨¨  AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE  ¨¨.««^^$¤¤
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##£¤$§^«.¨  AWAY. EVERYTHING CHANGED... I YEARNED,  ¨.«^§$¤£##
###¤$§^«.¨   AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME.   ¨.«^§$¤###
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#£$$$§^«.¨    I STOPPED DOING CRIME, EXCEPT WHEN    ¨.«^§$$$£#
#£¤¤$§^«.¨  NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE  ¨.«^§$¤¤£#
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££¤¤$§^«.¨   AND I LOATHED IT ------ I MISSED HER   ¨.«^§$¤¤££
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¤¤$§§««..¨    MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME    ¨..««§§$¤¤
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##£¤$§^«.¨ MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW  ¨.«^§$¤£##
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#£¤¤$§^«.¨   FACILITY. BY THIS TIME THEY HAD BEEN   ¨.«^§$¤¤£#
£££¤$§^«.¨   CHASING ME FOR DAYS. I LOST CONTROL    ¨.«^§$¤£££
#¤$^^^^«.¨   OVER THE CAR, CRASHED IT INTO A ROCK   ¨.«^^^^$¤#
¤¤¤¤$§^«.¨    WALL AND FLEW OUT THE WINDSHIELD.     ¨.«^§$¤¤¤¤
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##£¤$§^«.¨ TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING!  ¨.«^§$¤£##
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