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###¤$$†--¨ CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION. ¨--†$$¤###
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#¤¤¤$$†--¨ AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME. ¨--†$$¤¤¤#
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###¤$$†--¨ FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN. ¨--†$$¤###
#$$--¨¨¨¨¨ EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A ¨¨¨¨¨--$$#
###¤$$†--¨ MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW ¨--†$$¤###
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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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#$†----¨¨¨ AND THEN I GOT UP, AND LOOKED AROUND. ¨¨¨----†$#
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###¤$$†--¨ BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE ¨--†$$¤###
###¤$$†--¨ DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR, ¨--†$$¤###
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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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