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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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,,~:$££@## REALLY STICK TOGETHER. I TOOK MY ##@££$:~,,
,,,,,,~$££ CRIMEFRIEND FOR RIDES, IN THE DARK, THE ££$~,,,,,,
,,,,,,~$£@ ETERNAL DARK THAT SEEMED TO SURROUND @£$~,,,,,,
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,,~:$££@@# THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES #@@££$:~,,
,,~:$££@## THE BLOOD WAS HER RED LIPSTICK OR HER ##@££$:~,,
,,,,,,,:$£ CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION. £$:,,,,,,,
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,,,,~:££@@ 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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,,~:$££@@# AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME. #@@££$:~,,
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,,~:$££@@# I STOPPED DOING CRIME, EXCEPT WHEN #@@££$:~,,
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,,~:$£££@@ THEY WERE ALLRIGHT, MOULDED IN PLACE, @@£££$:~,,
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,,~:$£££@@ MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE @@£££$:~,,
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,,~:$$££@@ FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN. @@££$$:~,,
,,,,,~:$£@ EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A @£$:~,,,,,
,,~:$££@@# MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW #@@££$:~,,
,,~:$££@## WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT ##@££$:~,,
,,,,,:£££@ 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. @££:~,,,,,
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,,~:$£££@@ AND THEN I REALIZED THAT I KNEW THIS @@£££$:~,,
,,~:$££@@# DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY #@@££$:~,,
,,~:$££@@# TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! #@@££$:~,,
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