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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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