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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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