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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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.....~\*£#    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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.~=\*££###  i searched for her, but nobody had any  ###££*\=~.
.~=\*££###    memories of her. not so much of me    ###££*\=~.
.~=\*££### either, from the time we were together.  ###££*\=~.
.~=\*£££££  my mother said i kept to myself in the  £££££*\=~.
.~=\****£#           barn, or in the car.           #£****\=~.
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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  ###££*\=~.
....==*£££   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.   £££**===~.
.~=\*£####   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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...~\*£££#        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!  #££££*\=~.
.~=\*££###               she was here!              ###££*\=~.
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