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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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#@#$%†«-.. THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES ..-«†%$#@#
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#@#$%†«-.. CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION. ..-«†%$#@#
@#$%†«-... WE DID CRIME, AND WE MADE WEIRD ...-«†%$#@
#$%†«-.... STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF ....-«†%$#
$%†«-..... DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES .....-«†%$
%†«-...... AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE ......-«†%
†«-....... AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE .......-«†
«-........ TELEVISION. ........-«
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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 ......-«†%
$%†«-..... NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE .....-«†%$
#$%†«-.... THEY WERE ALLRIGHT, MOULDED IN PLACE, ....-«†%$#
@#$%†«-... AND I LOATHED IT ------ I MISSED HER ...-«†%$#@
#@#$%†«-.. SO MUCH. ..-«†%$#@#
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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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$%†«-..... I DIED BY GETTING SHOT IN THE HEAD .....-«†%$
%†«-...... 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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#@#$%†«-.. AND THEN I REALIZED THAT I KNEW THIS ..-«†%$#@#
@#$%†«-... DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY ...-«†%$#@
#$%†«-.... TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! ....-«†%$#
$%†«-..... SHE WAS HERE! .....-«†%$
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