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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 ¨^«««««%¤§
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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 ¨^«:¤§####
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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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##§%«¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨^^:%§
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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 ¨^«:%¤§###
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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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###§¤%:«^¨ 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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#¤¤¤:«««^¨ IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD ¨^«««:¤¤¤#
##§§¤%:«^¨ BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE ¨^«:%¤§§##
###§¤%:«^¨ DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR, ¨^«:%¤§###
###§¤%:«^¨ SOME ON FIRE. ¨^«:%¤§###
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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! ¨^«:%¤¤§##
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