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§$^«^¨¨¨¨¨ CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND ¨¨¨¨¨^«^$§
$^«^¨¨¨¨¨¨ TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS ¨¨¨¨¨¨^«^$
§$^«^¨¨¨¨¨ BARN. WE LIVED JUST OUTSIDE TOWN, A ¨¨¨¨¨^«^$§
#§$^«^¨¨¨¨ GROVE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD, AND ¨¨¨¨^«^$§#
##§$^«^¨¨¨ THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST ¨¨¨^«^$§##
###§$^«^¨¨ MAKE OUT THE SURROUNDING FIELDS THROUGH ¨¨^«^$§###
####§$^«^¨ THE TREES. ¨^«^$§####
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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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#§$^«^¨¨¨¨ THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES ¨¨¨¨^«^$§#
§$^«^¨¨¨¨¨ THE BLOOD WAS HER RED LIPSTICK OR HER ¨¨¨¨¨^«^$§
$^«^¨¨¨¨¨¨ CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION. ¨¨¨¨¨¨^«^$
§$^«^¨¨¨¨¨ WE DID CRIME, AND WE MADE WEIRD ¨¨¨¨¨^«^$§
#§$^«^¨¨¨¨ STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF ¨¨¨¨^«^$§#
##§$^«^¨¨¨ DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES ¨¨¨^«^$§##
###§$^«^¨¨ AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE ¨¨^«^$§###
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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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#§$^«^¨¨¨¨ I STOPPED DOING CRIME, EXCEPT WHEN ¨¨¨¨^«^$§#
##§$^«^¨¨¨ NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE ¨¨¨^«^$§##
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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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#§$^«^¨¨¨¨ SOMETIMES I COULD STILL SEE HER ¨¨¨¨^«^$§#
§$^«^¨¨¨¨¨ FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN. ¨¨¨¨¨^«^$§
$^«^¨¨¨¨¨¨ EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A ¨¨¨¨¨¨^«^$
§$^«^¨¨¨¨¨ MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW ¨¨¨¨¨^«^$§
#§$^«^¨¨¨¨ WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT ¨¨¨¨^«^$§#
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$^«^¨¨¨¨¨¨ WHILE RAMMING THE FENCE TO A MILITARY ¨¨¨¨¨¨^«^$
§$^«^¨¨¨¨¨ FACILITY. BY THIS TIME THEY HAD BEEN ¨¨¨¨¨^«^$§
#§$^«^¨¨¨¨ CHASING ME FOR DAYS. I LOST CONTROL ¨¨¨¨^«^$§#
##§$^«^¨¨¨ OVER THE CAR, CRASHED IT INTO A ROCK ¨¨¨^«^$§##
###§$^«^¨¨ WALL AND FLEW OUT THE WINDSHIELD. ¨¨^«^$§###
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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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####§$^«^¨ DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY ¨^«^$§####
###§$^«^¨¨ TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! ¨¨^«^$§###
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