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.#..##..## us. she seemed to cast this veil over ###.#.##.#
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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 .#..#....#
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#.##....## away. everything changed... i yearned, #..#####..
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.#.#..#.#. i stopped doing crime, except when ##...#..#.
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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 .#.##.#..#
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...####### touched the ground. this was her doing! ##.#...##.
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