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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 ¨,~†%%#¶##
##¶#%%†~,¨ 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 ¨,~†%%#¶##
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##¶#%%†~,¨ 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 ¨,~†%%%###
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##¶#%%†~,¨ MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME ¨,~†%%#¶##
##¶#%%†~,¨ EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER. ¨,~†%%#¶##
###¶#%%†,¨ MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE ¨,†%%#¶###
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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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##¶#%%†~,¨ 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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