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£%=†~,.... HER KNEES BUT THEN SOMEHOW ALSO BACK ....,~†=%£
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£%=†~,.... CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION. ....,~†=%£
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##£%=†~,.. STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF ..,~†=%£##
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##£%=†~,.. AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE ..,~†=%£##
#£%=†~,... AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE ...,~†=%£#
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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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£%=†~,.... EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A ....,~†=%£
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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. ......,~†=
%=†~,..... IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD .....,~†=%
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