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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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#@$%~¨¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~--¨ ¨--~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨~%$@#
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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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