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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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##¶&$*†--¨ I SEARCHED FOR HER, BUT NOBODY HAD ANY ¨--†*$&¶##
#¶&$*†--¨¨ MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME ¨¨--†*$&¶#
¶&$*†--¨¨¨ EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER. ¨¨¨--†*$&¶
&$*†--¨¨¨¨ MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE ¨¨¨¨--†*$&
$*†--¨¨¨¨¨ BARN, OR IN THE CAR. ¨¨¨¨¨--†*$
*†--¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨--†*
$*†--¨¨¨¨¨ SOMETIMES I COULD STILL SEE HER ¨¨¨¨¨--†*$
&$*†--¨¨¨¨ FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN. ¨¨¨¨--†*$&
¶&$*†--¨¨¨ EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A ¨¨¨--†*$&¶
#¶&$*†--¨¨ MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW ¨¨--†*$&¶#
##¶&$*†--¨ WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT ¨--†*$&¶##
###¶&$*†-- HAD BEEN REAL... --†*$&¶###
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*†--¨¨¨¨¨¨ I DIED BY GETTING SHOT IN THE HEAD ¨¨¨¨¨¨--†*
$*†--¨¨¨¨¨ WHILE RAMMING THE FENCE TO A MILITARY ¨¨¨¨¨--†*$
&$*†--¨¨¨¨ FACILITY. BY THIS TIME THEY HAD BEEN ¨¨¨¨--†*$&
¶&$*†--¨¨¨ CHASING ME FOR DAYS. I LOST CONTROL ¨¨¨--†*$&¶
#¶&$*†--¨¨ OVER THE CAR, CRASHED IT INTO A ROCK ¨¨--†*$&¶#
##¶&$*†--¨ WALL AND FLEW OUT THE WINDSHIELD. ¨--†*$&¶##
###¶&$*†-- --†*$&¶###
##¶&$*†--¨ AND THEN I GOT UP, AND LOOKED AROUND. ¨--†*$&¶##
#¶&$*†--¨¨ IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD ¨¨--†*$&¶#
¶&$*†--¨¨¨ BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE ¨¨¨--†*$&¶
&$*†--¨¨¨¨ DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR, ¨¨¨¨--†*$&
$*†--¨¨¨¨¨ SOME ON FIRE. ¨¨¨¨¨--†*$
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$*†--¨¨¨¨¨ THE GROUND WAS STICKY, RED. ¨¨¨¨¨--†*$
&$*†--¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨--†*$&
¶&$*†--¨¨¨ AND THEN I REALIZED THAT I KNEW THIS ¨¨¨--†*$&¶
#¶&$*†--¨¨ DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY ¨¨--†*$&¶#
##¶&$*†--¨ TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! ¨--†*$&¶##
###¶&$*†-- SHE WAS HERE! --†*$&¶###
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