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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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