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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   ##¶§£%†«-¨
¨¨-«†%£§¶#   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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¨¨¨-«†%£§¶  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   ¶§£%†«-¨¨¨
¨¨-«†%£§¶#             HAD BEEN REAL...             #¶§£%†«-¨¨
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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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