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###§¤%†~.. CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND ..~†%¤§###
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#§¤%†~.... 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 .......~†%
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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 ......~†%¤
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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 .....~†%¤§
¤%†~...... 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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###§¤%†~.. AWAY. EVERYTHING CHANGED... I YEARNED, ..~†%¤§###
##§¤%†~... AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME. ...~†%¤§##
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¤%†~...... NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE ......~†%¤
%†~....... THEY WERE ALLRIGHT, MOULDED IN PLACE, .......~†%
¤%†~...... AND I LOATHED IT ------ I MISSED HER ......~†%¤
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###§¤%†~.. FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN. ..~†%¤§###
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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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#§¤%†~.... 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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