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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 ,,~~~;;%¤#
@¤$$$%;«~, THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST ,~«;%$$$¤@
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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 ,,,,,«%%%¤
#@@¤$%;«~, STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF ,~«;%$¤@@#
##@¤$%;«~, DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES ,~«;%$¤@##
###@$%;«~, AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE ,~«;%$@###
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###@¤%;«~, TELEVISION. ,~«;%¤@###
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¤$$%%%;«~, AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT, AND SHE WENT ,~«;%%%$$¤
##@¤$%;«~, AWAY. EVERYTHING CHANGED... I YEARNED, ,~«;%$¤@##
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@¤$%««,,,, I STOPPED DOING CRIME, EXCEPT WHEN ,,,,««%$¤@
##@¤$%;«~, NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE ,~«;%$¤@##
¤$%;;~~,,, THEY WERE ALLRIGHT, MOULDED IN PLACE, ,,,~~;;%$¤
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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 ,,,,,««%¤@
##@¤$%;«~, FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN. ,~«;%$¤@##
@¤$$;;;«~, EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A ,~«;;;$$¤@
##@¤$%;«~, MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW ,~«;%$¤@##
#@¤¤$%;«~, WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT ,~«;%$¤¤@#
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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 ,,,,«%$$¤¤
##@¤$%;«~, DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY ,~«;%$¤@##
#@$;««~~~, TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! ,~~~««;$@#
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