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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   #@¶£§^«.¨¨
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¨¨.«^§£¶@#  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  ##@¶£§^«.¨
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¨¨.«^§£¶@#  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   #@¶£§^«.¨¨
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¨¨.«^§£¶@#    MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME    #@¶£§^«.¨¨
¨¨¨.«^§£¶@  EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER. @¶£§^«.¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.«^§£¶  MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE  ¶£§^«.¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨.«^§£¶@     EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A     @¶£§^«.¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.«^§£¶  MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW ¶£§^«.¨¨¨¨
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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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