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¨¨¨¨¨¨««=# TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS #=««¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^«:=§#### BARN. WE LIVED JUST OUTSIDE TOWN, A ####§=:«^¨
¨^«:=§#### GROVE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD, AND ####§=:«^¨
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¨^«:=§§### 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 ###==::«^¨
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¨¨¨¨¨^«=§# OUR TIME TOGETHER. #§=«^¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨««=# CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION. #=««¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^::§# WE DID CRIME, AND WE MADE WEIRD #§::^¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨^:§# AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE #§:^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^«=# AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE #=«^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^«:==§§§# TELEVISION. #§§§==:«^¨
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¨^«:=§#### AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME. ####§=:«^¨
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¨^«:=§#### NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE ####§=:«^¨
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¨^«:=§#### BARN, OR IN THE CAR. ####§=:«^¨
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¨^«:=§#### SOMETIMES I COULD STILL SEE HER ####§=:«^¨
¨^«:=§#### FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN. ####§=:«^¨
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¨^«:=§#### MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW ####§=:«^¨
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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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¨^«:=§#### BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE ####§=:«^¨
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¨^«:=§#### TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! ####§=:«^¨
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