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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. §§**:~~¨¨¨
¨-~:†*§### ###§*†:~-¨
-~:†*§#### 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. §§*††:-¨¨¨
¨-~:†*§### ###§*†:~-¨
¨-~:†*§### 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. ###§*†:~-¨
¨-~:††††§§ §§††††:~-¨
¨-~:††**## 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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