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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. ¨¨¨::«\%##
##@#@%\«:¨ ¨:«\%@#@##
@@@#@%\«:¨ 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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