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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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