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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. ##£§*=;«,,
,,«;=*§£## ##£§*=;«,,
,,«;=*§£## 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 ##£§*=;«,,
,,,,,,,«=§ 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. ##£§*=;«,,
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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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