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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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¨^~†=$#### ENGINE AND THE WAY THE PARTS DIDN'T ####$=†~^¨
¨^~†=$#### REALLY STICK TOGETHER. I TOOK MY ####$=†~^¨
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¨¨¨¨¨^†=$# ETERNAL DARK THAT SEEMED TO SURROUND #$=†^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~†=$#### US. SHE SEEMED TO CAST THIS VEIL OVER ####$=†~^¨
¨¨¨¨^~~==# 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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¨^~†=$#### NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE ####$=†~^¨
¨^~†=$#### THEY WERE ALLRIGHT, MOULDED IN PLACE, ####$=†~^¨
¨¨¨¨^^~==# AND I LOATHED IT ------ I MISSED HER #==~^^¨¨¨¨
¨^~†===$$# SO MUCH. #$$===†~^¨
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¨^~†=$#### EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER. ####$=†~^¨
¨^~†=$#### MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE ####$=†~^¨
¨^~†=$#### BARN, OR IN THE CAR. ####$=†~^¨
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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 ##==†~^^¨¨
¨^~†=$#### WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT ####$=†~^¨
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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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¨^~†=$$### AND THEN I GOT UP, AND LOOKED AROUND. ###$$=†~^¨
¨^~†==$$## IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD ##$$==†~^¨
¨^~†=$#### BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE ####$=†~^¨
¨^~†=$#### DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR, ####$=†~^¨
¨¨¨¨^^†$## SOME ON FIRE. ##$†^^¨¨¨¨
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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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