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¨¨¨¨¨«=$$# CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND #$$=«¨¨¨¨¨
¨,«:=$&### TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS ###&$=:«,¨
¨¨¨,«=$&&& BARN. WE LIVED JUST OUTSIDE TOWN, A &&&$=«,¨¨¨
¨,«:=$&### GROVE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD, AND ###&$=:«,¨
¨,«:=$&### THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST ###&$=:«,¨
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¨,«:=$&### ENGINE AND THE WAY THE PARTS DIDN'T ###&$=:«,¨
¨,«:=$&### REALLY STICK TOGETHER. I TOOK MY ###&$=:«,¨
¨¨¨¨,««=$# CRIMEFRIEND FOR RIDES, IN THE DARK, THE #$=««,¨¨¨¨
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¨,«:=$&### US. SHE SEEMED TO CAST THIS VEIL OVER ###&$=:«,¨
¨,«:=$&### EVERYTHING. HER BLACK SKIRT REACHED TO ###&$=:«,¨
¨¨¨,:=$$&# HER KNEES BUT THEN SOMEHOW ALSO BACK #&$$=:,¨¨¨
¨,«:=$&### AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF ###&$=:«,¨
¨,«:=$&&&# OUR TIME TOGETHER. #&&&$=:«,¨
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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 ##&=:«¨¨¨¨
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¨,«:=$&### TELEVISION. ###&$=:«,¨
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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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¨,«:=$&### I STOPPED DOING CRIME, EXCEPT WHEN ###&$=:«,¨
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¨,«:=$&### AND I LOATHED IT ------ I MISSED HER ###&$=:«,¨
¨,«:=$&### SO MUCH. ###&$=:«,¨
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¨,«:=$&### I SEARCHED FOR HER, BUT NOBODY HAD ANY ###&$=:«,¨
¨,«:=$&### MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME ###&$=:«,¨
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¨,«:=$&### MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE ###&$=:«,¨
¨,«:=$&### BARN, OR IN THE CAR. ###&$=:«,¨
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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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¨¨¨¨«==$## WHILE RAMMING THE FENCE TO A MILITARY ##$==«¨¨¨¨
¨,«:=$&### FACILITY. BY THIS TIME THEY HAD BEEN ###&$=:«,¨
¨,«:=$&### CHASING ME FOR DAYS. I LOST CONTROL ###&$=:«,¨
¨¨¨¨¨««=&# 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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¨¨¨¨¨«:=&# DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY #&=:«¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨,,««=&&# TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! #&&=««,,¨¨
¨,«:=$&### SHE WAS HERE! ###&$=:«,¨
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