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##@##¤$†^, I USED TO BE A GOTH, IN MY YOUTH, DOING ,^†$¤##@##
##$==,,,,, CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND ,,,,,==$##
@@##¤$†=^, TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS ,^=†$¤##@@
@@##¤$†=^, BARN. WE LIVED JUST OUTSIDE TOWN, A ,^=†$¤##@@
#¤$$$$†=^, GROVE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD, AND ,^=†$$$$¤#
####¤$†=^, THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST ,^=†$¤####
@@##¤$†=^, MAKE OUT THE SURROUNDING FIELDS THROUGH ,^=†$¤##@@
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#@##¤$†=^, MY CAR WAS BLACK AND LOUD, BOTH THE ,^=†$¤##@#
@###¤$†=^, ENGINE AND THE WAY THE PARTS DIDN'T ,^=†$¤###@
####¤$†=^, REALLY STICK TOGETHER. I TOOK MY ,^=†$¤####
#$=^,,,,,, CRIMEFRIEND FOR RIDES, IN THE DARK, THE ,,,,,,^=$#
@#¤$†^,,,, ETERNAL DARK THAT SEEMED TO SURROUND ,,,,^†$¤#@
#@##¤$†=^, US. SHE SEEMED TO CAST THIS VEIL OVER ,^=†$¤##@#
#@##¤$†=^, EVERYTHING. HER BLACK SKIRT REACHED TO ,^=†$¤##@#
#@##¤$†=^, HER KNEES BUT THEN SOMEHOW ALSO BACK ,^=†$¤##@#
#@##¤$†=^, AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF ,^=†$¤##@#
@#$$==,,,, OUR TIME TOGETHER. ,,,,==$$#@
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@#$†^,,,,, THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES ,,,,,^†$#@
##$†^^,,,, THE BLOOD WAS HER RED LIPSTICK OR HER ,,,,^^†$##
##¤¤$†^,,, CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION. ,,,^†$¤¤##
#@##¤$†=^, WE DID CRIME, AND WE MADE WEIRD ,^=†$¤##@#
#@##¤$†=^, STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF ,^=†$¤##@#
#@##¤$†=^, DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES ,^=†$¤##@#
@#¤†^^^,,, AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE ,,,^^^†¤#@
##¤¤$=^^^, AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE ,^^^=$¤¤##
@###¤$†=^, TELEVISION. ,^=†$¤###@
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##$†^^,,,, AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT, AND SHE WENT ,,,,^^†$##
#$$$$$†=^, AWAY. EVERYTHING CHANGED... I YEARNED, ,^=†$$$$$#
####¤$†=^, AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME. ,^=†$¤####
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@#¤$††=^^, I STOPPED DOING CRIME, EXCEPT WHEN ,^^=††$¤#@
#@##¤$†=^, NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE ,^=†$¤##@#
##¤†^,,,,, THEY WERE ALLRIGHT, MOULDED IN PLACE, ,,,,,^†¤##
#¤¤¤$=,,,, AND I LOATHED IT ------ I MISSED HER ,,,,=$¤¤¤#
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#@##¤$†=^, I SEARCHED FOR HER, BUT NOBODY HAD ANY ,^=†$¤##@#
#@##¤$†=^, MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME ,^=†$¤##@#
@#¤$$††=^, 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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