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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. ,,,,.;%&&&
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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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