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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,   ,,,,,,,«§£
¶¶¶£$§†«^,   AND I LOATHED IT ------ I MISSED HER   ,^«†§$£¶¶¶
¶$§««^,,,,                 SO MUCH.                 ,,,,^««§$¶
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##¶£$§†«^,  I SEARCHED FOR HER, BUT NOBODY HAD ANY  ,^«†§$£¶##
##¶£$§†«^,    MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME    ,^«†§$£¶##
¶¶$§††^,,,  EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER. ,,,^††§$¶¶
##¶£$§†«^,  MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE  ,^«†§$£¶##
##¶£$§†«^,           BARN, OR IN THE CAR.           ,^«†§$£¶##
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#¶£$$§†«^,     SOMETIMES I COULD STILL SEE HER      ,^«†§$$£¶#
£§§««^^,,,    FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN.    ,,,^^««§§£
¶¶¶£$§†«^,     EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A     ,^«†§$£¶¶¶
##¶£$§†«^,  MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW ,^«†§$£¶##
¶¶£$§†««^,   WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT   ,^««†§$£¶¶
¶$$†^^,,,,             HAD BEEN REAL...             ,,,,^^†$$¶
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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   ,^«†§§§£££
#¶¶£$§†«^,    BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE    ,^«†§$£¶¶#
##¶£$§†«^,    DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR,   ,^«†§$£¶##
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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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