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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 ¨¨¨,-†%£@#
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£%†-,¨¨¨¨¨ REALLY STICK TOGETHER. I TOOK MY ¨¨¨¨¨,-†%£
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#@£%†-,¨¨¨ 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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†-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME. ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-†%
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%†-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ I STOPPED DOING CRIME, EXCEPT WHEN ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-†%
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†-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-†
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##@£%†-,¨¨ EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A ¨¨,-†%£@##
#@£%†-,¨¨¨ MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW ¨¨¨,-†%£@#
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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 ¨¨¨,-†%£@#
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†-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-†
%†-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-†%
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#@£%†-,¨¨¨ DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY ¨¨¨,-†%£@#
@£%†-,¨¨¨¨ TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! ¨¨¨¨,-†%£@
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