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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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£$†*«:,,,, REALLY STICK TOGETHER. I TOOK MY ,,,,:«*†$£
$†*«:,,,,, CRIMEFRIEND FOR RIDES, IN THE DARK, THE ,,,,,:«*†$
†*«:,,,,,, ETERNAL DARK THAT SEEMED TO SURROUND ,,,,,,:«*†
*«:,,,,,,, US. SHE SEEMED TO CAST THIS VEIL OVER ,,,,,,,:«*
†*«:,,,,,, EVERYTHING. HER BLACK SKIRT REACHED TO ,,,,,,:«*†
$†*«:,,,,, HER KNEES BUT THEN SOMEHOW ALSO BACK ,,,,,:«*†$
£$†*«:,,,, AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF ,,,,:«*†$£
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#@£$†*«:,, THE BLOOD WAS HER RED LIPSTICK OR HER ,,:«*†$£@#
@£$†*«:,,, CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION. ,,,:«*†$£@
£$†*«:,,,, WE DID CRIME, AND WE MADE WEIRD ,,,,:«*†$£
$†*«:,,,,, STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF ,,,,,:«*†$
†*«:,,,,,, 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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#@£$†*«:,, AWAY. EVERYTHING CHANGED... I YEARNED, ,,:«*†$£@#
##@£$†*«:, AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME. ,:«*†$£@##
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†*«:,,,,,, AND I LOATHED IT ------ I MISSED HER ,,,,,,:«*†
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@£$†*«:,,, EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER. ,,,:«*†$£@
£$†*«:,,,, MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE ,,,,:«*†$£
$†*«:,,,,, BARN, OR IN THE CAR. ,,,,,:«*†$
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†*«:,,,,,, 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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#@£$†*«:,, IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD ,,:«*†$£@#
@£$†*«:,,, BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE ,,,:«*†$£@
£$†*«:,,,, DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR, ,,,,:«*†$£
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@£$†*«:,,, TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! ,,,:«*†$£@
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