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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 ,,:«:%*£@#
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£*%:«:,,,, ENGINE AND THE WAY THE PARTS DIDN'T ,,,,:«:%*£
@£*%:«:,,, REALLY STICK TOGETHER. I TOOK MY ,,,:«:%*£@
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##@£*%:«:, 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 ,,,,:«:%*£
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£*%:«:,,,, 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 ,,,,:«:%*£
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£*%:«:,,,, AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE ,,,,:«:%*£
@£*%:«:,,, AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE ,,,:«:%*£@
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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 ,,,,:«:%*£
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#@£*%:«:,, THEY WERE ALLRIGHT, MOULDED IN PLACE, ,,:«:%*£@#
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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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#@£*%:«:,, 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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