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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 ##,#,,##,#
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#,####,,## THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST #,,####,#,
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,#,,####,# THE TREES. ###,,#,,,,
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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 #,#,,#,#,,
##,,##,,## CRIMEFRIEND FOR RIDES, IN THE DARK, THE ###,####,#
,#,#,#,#,, 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 ,#,,###,,#
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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 ,,,##,,,,,
#,,,,,#,,# BARN, OR IN THE CAR. ,,#,#,,,,#
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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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,##,##,#,, 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. #,#,,,####
,#,,####,# IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD ###,,#,,,,
##,#,,,### BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE ,,#,##,,,,
,###,,#,,# DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR, ,###,#,,,#
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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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