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#@§£$*=:..  CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND ..:=*$£§@#
##@§£$*=:.   TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS  .:=*$£§@##
#@§£$*=:..    BARN. WE LIVED JUST OUTSIDE TOWN, A   ..:=*$£§@#
##@§£$*=:.   GROVE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD, AND   .:=*$£§@##
#@§£$*=:..   THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST  ..:=*$£§@#
##@§£$*=:. MAKE OUT THE SURROUNDING FIELDS THROUGH  .:=*$£§@##
#@§£$*=:..                THE TREES.                ..:=*$£§@#
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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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##@§£$*=:.   THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES  .:=*$£§@##
#@§£$*=:..  THE BLOOD WAS HER RED LIPSTICK OR HER   ..:=*$£§@#
##@§£$*=:. CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION.  .:=*$£§@##
#@§£$*=:..     WE DID CRIME, AND WE MADE WEIRD      ..:=*$£§@#
##@§£$*=:.  STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF .:=*$£§@##
#@§£$*=:..  DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES  ..:=*$£§@#
##@§£$*=:.  AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE  .:=*$£§@##
#@§£$*=:.. AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE  ..:=*$£§@#
##@§£$*=:.                TELEVISION.               .:=*$£§@##
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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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##@§£$*=:.  I SEARCHED FOR HER, BUT NOBODY HAD ANY  .:=*$£§@##
#@§£$*=:..    MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME    ..:=*$£§@#
##@§£$*=:. EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER.  .:=*$£§@##
#@§£$*=:..  MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE  ..:=*$£§@#
##@§£$*=:.           BARN, OR IN THE CAR.           .:=*$£§@##
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##@§£$*=:.     SOMETIMES I COULD STILL SEE HER      .:=*$£§@##
#@§£$*=:..    FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN.    ..:=*$£§@#
##@§£$*=:.     EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A     .:=*$£§@##
#@§£$*=:..  MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW ..:=*$£§@#
##@§£$*=:.   WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT   .:=*$£§@##
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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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##@§£$*=:.   AND THEN I GOT UP, AND LOOKED AROUND.  .:=*$£§@##
#@§£$*=:..   IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD   ..:=*$£§@#
##@§£$*=:.    BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE    .:=*$£§@##
#@§£$*=:..   DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR,    ..:=*$£§@#
##@§£$*=:.              SOME ON FIRE.               .:=*$£§@##
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##@§£$*=:.        THE GROUND WAS STICKY, RED.       .:=*$£§@##
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##@§£$*=:.   AND THEN I REALIZED THAT I KNEW THIS   .:=*$£§@##
#@§£$*=:..     DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY     ..:=*$£§@#
##@§£$*=:. TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING!  .:=*$£§@##
#@§£$*=:..              SHE WAS HERE!               ..:=*$£§@#
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