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¶¶¶£§†*-~. CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND  .~-*†§£¶¶¶
##¶£§†*-~.  TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS   .~-*†§£¶##
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¶££††-....    ENGINE AND THE WAY THE PARTS DIDN'T   ....-††££¶
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###¶£†*-~.   HER KNEES BUT THEN SOMEHOW ALSO BACK   .~-*†£¶###
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###¶£§*-~. 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  ...~--†§£¶
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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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£§§††*--~.    MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME    .~--*††§§£
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##¶£§†*-~.  MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE  .~-*†§£¶##
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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   .~-*†§£¶##
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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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##¶£§†*-~.   IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD   .~-*†§£¶##
##¶£§†*-~.    BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE    .~-*†§£¶##
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##¶£§†*-~.       THE GROUND WAS STICKY, RED.        .~-*†§£¶##
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