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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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¨¨¨¨:=††§£ ENGINE AND THE WAY THE PARTS DIDN'T £§††=:¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨:=††§ AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF §††=:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:=†† OUR TIME TOGETHER. ††=:¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨¨¨¨:=††§£ AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME. £§††=:¨¨¨¨
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¨¨:=††§£## EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER. ##£§††=:¨¨
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¨¨¨¨:=††§£ 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:= BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE =:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=† DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR, †=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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