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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨:«:=
$=:«:¨¨¨¨¨ eternal dark that seemed to surround ¨¨¨¨¨:«:=$
@$=:«:¨¨¨¨ us. she seemed to cast this veil over ¨¨¨¨:«:=$@
¶@$=:«:¨¨¨ everything. her black skirt reached to ¨¨¨:«:=$@¶
#¶@$=:«:¨¨ her knees but then somehow also back ¨¨:«:=$@¶#
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#¶@$=:«:¨¨ our time together. ¨¨:«:=$@¶#
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨:«:=
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¶@$=:«:¨¨¨ and i loathed it ------ i missed her ¨¨¨:«:=$@¶
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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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#¶@$=:«:¨¨ while ramming the fence to a military ¨¨:«:=$@¶#
¶@$=:«:¨¨¨ facility. by this time they had been ¨¨¨:«:=$@¶
@$=:«:¨¨¨¨ chasing me for days. i lost control ¨¨¨¨:«:=$@
$=:«:¨¨¨¨¨ over the car, crashed it into a rock ¨¨¨¨¨:«:=$
=:«:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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