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###&%$†=,. CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND .,=†$%&###
#&%%%$†=,. TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS .,=†$%%%&#
###&%$†=,. BARN. WE LIVED JUST OUTSIDE TOWN, A .,=†$%&###
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###&%$†=,. THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST .,=†$%&###
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###&%$†=,. THE TREES. .,=†$%&###
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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 .....,†%##
###&%$†=,. DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES .,=†$%&###
#&%$††,... AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE ...,††$%&#
###&%$†=,. AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE .,=†$%&###
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#&&$†††=,. AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT, AND SHE WENT .,=†††$&&#
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###&%$†=,. AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME. .,=†$%&###
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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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&&%†=,,,,. MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME .,,,,=†%&&
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###&%$†=,. MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE .,=†$%&###
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###&%$†=,. SOMETIMES I COULD STILL SEE HER .,=†$%&###
###&%$†=,. FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN. .,=†$%&###
###&%$†=,. EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A .,=†$%&###
###&%$†=,. MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW .,=†$%&###
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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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###&%$†=,. IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD .,=†$%&###
###&%$†=,. BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE .,=†$%&###
##&&%$†=,. DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR, .,=†$%&&##
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###&%$†=,. THE GROUND WAS STICKY, RED. .,=†$%&###
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&$=....... AND THEN I REALIZED THAT I KNEW THIS .......=$&
###&%$†=,. DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY .,=†$%&###
###&%$†=,. TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! .,=†$%&###
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