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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. #£$$$††~-,
,-~†$£#@## ##@#£$†~-,
,-~†$%%%%# THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES #%%%%$†~-,
,-~†$%£#@# THE BLOOD WAS HER RED LIPSTICK OR HER #@#£%$†~-,
,,,,,--~$£ CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION. £$~--,,,,,
,,,-~$$$$£ WE DID CRIME, AND WE MADE WEIRD £$$$$~-,,,
,--~~†††%# STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF #%†††~~--,
,-~†$%£@## DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES ##@£%$†~-,
,-~†$%£#@# AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE #@#£%$†~-,
,-~†%£#@## AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE ##@#£%†~-,
,-~†$£#@## TELEVISION. ##@#£$†~-,
,-~†$%£#@# #@#£%$†~-,
,-~†$%£#@# AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT, AND SHE WENT #@#£%$†~-,
,-~†$%£#@@ AWAY. EVERYTHING CHANGED... I YEARNED, @@#£%$†~-,
,,--~†$$%# AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME. #%$$†~--,,
,-~†$%£#@# #@#£%$†~-,
,-~†$%£#@@ I STOPPED DOING CRIME, EXCEPT WHEN @@#£%$†~-,
,,,,,,~†%# NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE #%†~,,,,,,
,-~†$%£#@# THEY WERE ALLRIGHT, MOULDED IN PLACE, #@#£%$†~-,
,-~†$%£#@# AND I LOATHED IT ------ I MISSED HER #@#£%$†~-,
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,-~†$%£#@# MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME #@#£%$†~-,
,-~†$%£##@ EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER. @##£%$†~-,
,,,,-†$££@ MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE @££$†-,,,,
,,,,,,~~$£ BARN, OR IN THE CAR. £$~~,,,,,,
,-~†$%£#@# #@#£%$†~-,
,,,,,~†$££ SOMETIMES I COULD STILL SEE HER ££$†~,,,,,
,,,,,,-~$£ FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN. £$~-,,,,,,
,-~†$%£#@# EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A #@#£%$†~-,
,,,,~$$$$£ MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW £$$$$~,,,,
,-~†$%£#@# WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT #@#£%$†~-,
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,,,,~$%%££ WHILE RAMMING THE FENCE TO A MILITARY ££%%$~,,,,
,,,~††††%£ FACILITY. BY THIS TIME THEY HAD BEEN £%††††~,,,
,-~†$%£##@ CHASING ME FOR DAYS. I LOST CONTROL @##£%$†~-,
,-~†$%£#@@ OVER THE CAR, CRASHED IT INTO A ROCK @@#£%$†~-,
,,,,~~~$££ WALL AND FLEW OUT THE WINDSHIELD. ££$~~~,,,,
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,,-~†$$£££ BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE £££$$†~-,,
,-~†$%£#@# DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR, #@#£%$†~-,
,-~†$%£### SOME ON FIRE. ###£%$†~-,
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,-~†$%£#@# THE GROUND WAS STICKY, RED. #@#£%$†~-,
,-~†$%£#@# #@#£%$†~-,
,-~†$%£@## AND THEN I REALIZED THAT I KNEW THIS ##@£%$†~-,
,-~†$%£#@# DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY #@#£%$†~-,
,-~†$%£##@ TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! @##£%$†~-,
,-~†$%£#@# SHE WAS HERE! #@#£%$†~-,
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