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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 ###£¤%*«,,
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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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,,«*%¤£### 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! ###£¤%*«,,
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