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¨.«^†£&¶##  TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS   ##¶&£†^«.¨
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¨.«^^^††&#   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   ##¶&£†^«.¨
¨.«^†£&¶##   ENGINE AND THE WAY THE PARTS DIDN'T    ##¶&£†^«.¨
¨.«^†£&¶¶¶     REALLY STICK TOGETHER. I TOOK MY     ¶¶¶&£†^«.¨
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¨.«^†£&¶##  EVERYTHING. HER BLACK SKIRT REACHED TO  ##¶&£†^«.¨
¨.«^†£¶###   HER KNEES BUT THEN SOMEHOW ALSO BACK   ###¶£†^«.¨
¨.«^†£&¶##   AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF  ##¶&£†^«.¨
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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      &£^^«.¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨.^^†&&#  DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES  #&&†^^.¨¨¨
¨.«^†£&¶##  AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE  ##¶&£†^«.¨
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¨¨¨¨.^^££&  AWAY. EVERYTHING CHANGED... I YEARNED,  &££^^.¨¨¨¨
¨.«^†£&¶##   AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME.   ##¶&£†^«.¨
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¨.«^†£&¶##  NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE  ##¶&£†^«.¨
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¨.«^†££££&    MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME    &££££†^«.¨
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¨.«^†£&¶##  MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE  ##¶&£†^«.¨
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¨¨¨¨¨..^£¶     EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A     ¶£^..¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.«†&&#  MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW #&&†«.¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨«†£&    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,   ##¶&£†^«.¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«†&     DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY     &†«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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