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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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@@@#$**«,, AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT, AND SHE WENT ,,«**$#@@@
##$****«,, AWAY. EVERYTHING CHANGED... I YEARNED, ,,«****$##
#@@#$**«,, AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME. ,,«**$#@@#
#$**«,,,,, ,,,,,«**$#
@@##$**«,, I STOPPED DOING CRIME, EXCEPT WHEN ,,«**$##@@
@##$*««,,, NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE ,,,««*$##@
#@@#$**«,, THEY WERE ALLRIGHT, MOULDED IN PLACE, ,,«**$#@@#
#@@#$**«,, AND I LOATHED IT ------ I MISSED HER ,,«**$#@@#
@$*«««,,,, SO MUCH. ,,,,«««*$@
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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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