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¨¨¨¨~^^%£#  CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND #£%^^~¨¨¨¨
¨:~^†%£###   TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS  ###£%†^~:¨
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¨:~^†%£###   GROVE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD, AND   ###£%†^~:¨
¨¨¨::~~^%#   THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST  #%^~~::¨¨¨
¨:~^†%£### MAKE OUT THE SURROUNDING FIELDS THROUGH  ###£%†^~:¨
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¨:~^†%£###    ENGINE AND THE WAY THE PARTS DIDN'T   ###£%†^~:¨
¨:~~^^%%£#     REALLY STICK TOGETHER. I TOOK MY     #£%%^^~~:¨
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¨:~^†%£###  US. SHE SEEMED TO CAST THIS VEIL OVER   ###£%†^~:¨
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¨¨¨¨:~^%##   HER KNEES BUT THEN SOMEHOW ALSO BACK   ##%^~:¨¨¨¨
¨:~^†%£###   AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF  ###£%†^~:¨
¨:~^†%####            OUR TIME TOGETHER.            ####%†^~:¨
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¨¨¨:~†%%%# CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION.  #%%%†~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:^%%##      WE DID CRIME, AND WE MADE WEIRD     ##%%^:¨¨¨¨
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¨:~^†%£###  DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES  ###£%†^~:¨
¨:~^†%£###  AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE  ###£%†^~:¨
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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,   ###£%†^~:¨
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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.           ###£%†^~:¨
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¨¨¨¨¨~††%#    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,   #£†~~¨¨¨¨¨
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¨:~^†%£###        THE GROUND WAS STICKY, RED.       ###£%†^~:¨
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¨:~^†£####     DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY     ####£†^~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨:^%££  TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! ££%^:¨¨¨¨¨
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