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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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##@@$§=«^, THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES ,^«=§$@@##
###@$§=«^, THE BLOOD WAS HER RED LIPSTICK OR HER ,^«=§$@###
@@@@$§=«^, CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION. ,^«=§$@@@@
@@$=^,,,,, WE DID CRIME, AND WE MADE WEIRD ,,,,,^=$@@
#@@$§=«,,, STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF ,,,«=§$@@#
##$§§«^^^, DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES ,^^^«§§$##
####$§=«^, AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE ,^«=§$####
##$$§§=«^, AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE ,^«=§§$$##
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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 ,^«=§$$@##
@@§==^,,,, BARN, OR IN THE CAR. ,,,,^==§@@
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####@§=«^, SOMETIMES I COULD STILL SEE HER ,^«=§@####
###@$§=«^, FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN. ,^«=§$@###
###@$§=«^, EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A ,^«=§$@###
###@$§=«^, MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW ,^«=§$@###
@@§««««^^, WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT ,^^««««§@@
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###@$§=«^, I DIED BY GETTING SHOT IN THE HEAD ,^«=§$@###
###@$§=«^, WHILE RAMMING THE FENCE TO A MILITARY ,^«=§$@###
@§§§§«^^^, FACILITY. BY THIS TIME THEY HAD BEEN ,^^^«§§§§@
@§«^,,,,,, CHASING ME FOR DAYS. I LOST CONTROL ,,,,,,^«§@
#@§§§«,,,, OVER THE CAR, CRASHED IT INTO A ROCK ,,,,«§§§@#
###@$§=«^, WALL AND FLEW OUT THE WINDSHIELD. ,^«=§$@###
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###@$§=«^, AND THEN I GOT UP, AND LOOKED AROUND. ,^«=§$@###
#@§====«^, IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD ,^«====§@#
##$=^,,,,, BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE ,,,,,^=$##
##@§«,,,,, DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR, ,,,,,«§@##
###@$§=«^, SOME ON FIRE. ,^«=§$@###
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@$$$$§=«^, THE GROUND WAS STICKY, RED. ,^«=§$$$$@
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#@$$$§=«^, AND THEN I REALIZED THAT I KNEW THIS ,^«=§$$$@#
###@$§=«^, DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY ,^«=§$@###
#@@$=«^,,, TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! ,,,^«=$@@#
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