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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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