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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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¶§§^\^¨¨¨¨    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.            ¨^«\^**§§§
###¶§*^\«^                                          ^«\^*§¶###
§^^^\^¨¨¨¨  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.   ¨^«\^*§¶##
##¶§*^\«^¨                                          ¨^«\^*§¶##
##¶§*^\«^¨    I Stopped Doing Crime, Except When    ¨^«\^*§¶##
##¶§*^\«^¨  Necessarry. Things Somehow Seemed Like  ¨^«\^*§¶##
#¶§^^^\«^¨   They Were Allright, Moulded In Place,  ¨^«\^^^§¶#
##¶§*^\«^¨   And I Loathed It ------ I Missed Her   ¨^«\^*§¶##
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§***\\\«^¨    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   ¨^«\^*§§§§
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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.              ¨^«\^*§¶¶#
#¶§^^^\«^¨                                          ¨^«\^^^§¶#
##¶§*^\«^¨       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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