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#£*=†~^¨¨¨ CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND ¨¨¨^~†=*£#
##£*=†~^¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨^~†=*£
*=†~^¨¨¨¨¨ THE TREES. ¨¨¨¨¨^~†=*
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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 ¨¨¨¨^~†=*£
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##£*=†~^¨¨ US. SHE SEEMED TO CAST THIS VEIL OVER ¨¨^~†=*£##
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##£*=†~^¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨^~†=*
£*=†~^¨¨¨¨ STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF ¨¨¨¨^~†=*£
#£*=†~^¨¨¨ DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES ¨¨¨^~†=*£#
##£*=†~^¨¨ AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE ¨¨^~†=*£##
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##£*=†~^¨¨ 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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†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†
=†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER. ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†=
*=†~^¨¨¨¨¨ MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE ¨¨¨¨¨^~†=*
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##£*=†~^¨¨ EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A ¨¨^~†=*£##
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###£*=†~^¨ FACILITY. BY THIS TIME THEY HAD BEEN ¨^~†=*£###
##£*=†~^¨¨ CHASING ME FOR DAYS. I LOST CONTROL ¨¨^~†=*£##
#£*=†~^¨¨¨ OVER THE CAR, CRASHED IT INTO A ROCK ¨¨¨^~†=*£#
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†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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£*=†~^¨¨¨¨ TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! ¨¨¨¨^~†=*£
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