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.,»†$%#£@# CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND  #@£#%$†»,.
.,»†$%#£@#  TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS   #@£#%$†»,.
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.,»†$%##££    ENGINE AND THE WAY THE PARTS DIDN'T   ££##%$†»,.
.,»†$%##£@     REALLY STICK TOGETHER. I TOOK MY     @£##%$†»,.
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.,»†%#£@##  EVERYTHING. HER BLACK SKIRT REACHED TO  ##@£#%†»,.
.,»†$%#£@#   HER KNEES BUT THEN SOMEHOW ALSO BACK   #@£#%$†»,.
.,»†$$$%#@   AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF  @#%$$$†»,.
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.....,»$%#     WE DID CRIME, AND WE MADE WEIRD      #%$»,.....
.,»†$%#£@# STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF  #@£#%$†»,.
.,»†$%#£@#  DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES  #@£#%$†»,.
.,»†$%#£@#  AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE  #@£#%$†»,.
.,»†$%#£@#  AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE #@£#%$†»,.
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.,»†$%#£@#   AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME.   #@£#%$†»,.
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.,»†$%#£@#    I STOPPED DOING CRIME, EXCEPT WHEN    #@£#%$†»,.
.,»†$%#£@#  NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE  #@£#%$†»,.
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.,»†$%#£@#    MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME    #@£#%$†»,.
.,»†$%#@## EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER.  ##@#%$†»,.
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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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.,»†$%###@   CHASING ME FOR DAYS. I LOST CONTROL    @###%$†»,.
.,»†$%#£@#   OVER THE CAR, CRASHED IT INTO A ROCK   #@£#%$†»,.
.,»†$%#£@#    WALL AND FLEW OUT THE WINDSHIELD.     #@£#%$†»,.
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.,»†$%#£@#  AND THEN I GOT UP, AND LOOKED AROUND.   #@£#%$†»,.
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....»†$%#£    BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE    £#%$†»....
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