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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 ,,,,,,,,,~
,,,,,,,,,, AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF ,,,,,,,,,,
~,,,,,,,,, OUR TIME TOGETHER. ,,,,,,,,,~
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$†-~,,,,,, THE BLOOD WAS HER RED LIPSTICK OR HER ,,,,,,~-†$
£$†-~,,,,, CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION. ,,,,,~-†$£
#£$†-~,,,, WE DID CRIME, AND WE MADE WEIRD ,,,,~-†$£#
@#£$†-~,,, STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF ,,,~-†$£#@
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#@#£$†-~,, AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE ,,~-†$£#@#
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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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#£$†-~,,,, MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE ,,,,~-†$£#
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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, ,,,,,,,,,,
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@#£$†-~,,, TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! ,,,~-†$£#@
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