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##£¤¤†/~,¨ GROVE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD, AND ¨,~/†¤¤£##
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##£¤¤†/~,¨ AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF ¨,~/†¤¤£##
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£¤¤††~¨¨¨¨ STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF ¨¨¨¨~††¤¤£
£¤†~~~,¨¨¨ DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES ¨¨¨,~~~†¤£
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#¤††~~¨¨¨¨ AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT, AND SHE WENT ¨¨¨¨~~††¤#
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##£¤¤†/~,¨ AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME. ¨,~/†¤¤£##
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##£¤¤†/~,¨ 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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#¤¤†/,¨¨¨¨ BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE ¨¨¨¨,/†¤¤#
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