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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. ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
¨¤¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨ ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨ 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... ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨ ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
¨¤¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨ ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨ «««««~~¨ ¨~~««««« ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
¨¤¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨ ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨ ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
¨¤¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨ 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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