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#@@@£%†~.¨ 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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†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨.~†%£@
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#@@@£%†~.¨ AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF ¨.~†%£@@@#
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%†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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, ¨.~†%£@@@#
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†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~
†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†
%†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†%
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£%†~.¨¨¨¨¨ 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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%†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†%
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