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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. ¨,«/†*#@##
##@#*†/«,¨ ¨,«/†*#@##
@@#†«««¨¨¨ 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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