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£@%$=~,,,,  CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND ,,,,~=$%@£
##£@%$*=~,   TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS  ,~=*$%@£##
###£@%$=~,    BARN. WE LIVED JUST OUTSIDE TOWN, A   ,~=$%@£###
###£%$*=~,   GROVE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD, AND   ,~=*$%£###
##£@%$*=~,   THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST  ,~=*$%@£##
###£@%*=~, MAKE OUT THE SURROUNDING FIELDS THROUGH  ,~=*%@£###
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#£@%*==~,,   MY CAR WAS BLACK AND LOUD, BOTH THE    ,,~==*%@£#
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##£@%$*=~,     REALLY STICK TOGETHER. I TOOK MY     ,~=*$%@£##
##£@%$*=~, CRIMEFRIEND FOR RIDES, IN THE DARK, THE  ,~=*$%@£##
@@%%$**=~,   ETERNAL DARK THAT SEEMED TO SURROUND   ,~=**$%%@@
##£@%$*=~,   US. SHE SEEMED TO CAST THIS VEIL OVER  ,~=*$%@£##
£@@@%$*=~,  EVERYTHING. HER BLACK SKIRT REACHED TO  ,~=*$%@@@£
##£@%$*=~,   HER KNEES BUT THEN SOMEHOW ALSO BACK   ,~=*$%@£##
##£@%$*=~,  AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF   ,~=*$%@£##
£££@%$*=~,            OUR TIME TOGETHER.            ,~=*$%@£££
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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    ,,~~==$$@£
££%%$===~,  NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE  ,~===$%%££
#£@%$*==~,   THEY WERE ALLRIGHT, MOULDED IN PLACE,  ,~==*$%@£#
@@@%*==~,,   AND I LOATHED IT ------ I MISSED HER   ,,~==*%@@@
##£@%$*=~,                 SO MUCH.                 ,~=*$%@£##
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£%%%*=~~~,  I SEARCHED FOR HER, BUT NOBODY HAD ANY  ,~~~=*%%%£
###£@$*=~,    MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME    ,~=*$@£###
##£@%$*=~,  EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER. ,~=*$%@£##
###@%$*=~,  MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE  ,~=*$%@###
£%**=,,,,,           BARN, OR IN THE CAR.           ,,,,,=**%£
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##£@%$*=~,    FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN.    ,~=*$%@£##
£%*==~,,,,     EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A     ,,,,~==*%£
@$===~~,,,  MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW ,,,~~===$@
#£%%$$*=~,   WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT   ,~=*$$%%£#
##£@%$*=~,             HAD BEEN REAL...             ,~=*$%@£##
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££@%*~,,,,   FACILITY. BY THIS TIME THEY HAD BEEN   ,,,,~*%@££
#@$*~~,,,,   CHASING ME FOR DAYS. I LOST CONTROL    ,,,,~~*$@#
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##£@%$*=~,     WALL AND FLEW OUT THE WINDSHIELD.    ,~=*$%@£##
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@$$*~,,,,,   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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