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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   ##@&%%†~,¨
¨¨¨,,,††%&             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! &&%†~~,¨¨¨
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