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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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@@##&§\«,. 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 ...«\§§§#@
##§§«,.... TELEVISION. ....,«§§##
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##§§\\\«,. AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT, AND SHE WENT .,«\\\§§##
#@##&§\«,. 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 .,«\§&##@#
#@##&§\«,. SO MUCH. .,«\§&##@#
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###&\,.... EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER. ....,\&###
##&\«,.... MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE ....,«\&##
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##@#&§\«,. SOMETIMES I COULD STILL SEE HER .,«\§&#@##
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@#§§\««... 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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###&&§\«,. IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD .,«\§&&###
####&§\«,. BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE .,«\§&####
####&§\«,. DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR, .,«\§&####
#@##&§\«,. SOME ON FIRE. .,«\§&##@#
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#@##&§\«,. DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY .,«\§&##@#
####&§\«,. TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! .,«\§&####
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