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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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