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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.           #.##.#.#.#
.#.#.#.#.#                                          #..#.#.#.#
.#.#.#.#.#      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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.#.#.#.#.#            «««««--. .--«««««             #.##.#.#.#
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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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