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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. »^........
.........^ ^.........
.......... 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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.^»\†&£### 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. †\»^......
.......^»\ \»^.......
........^» 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. »^........
.......^»\ \»^.......
......^»\† the ground was sticky, red. †\»^......
.....^»\†& &†\»^.....
....^»\†&£ 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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