"The News"

THE NEWS



3 crossburnings
3 bodies in a swollen river

3 crossburnings
3 bodies bloating in a river

3 crossburnings
3 little girls naked in the river

3 crossburnings
3 dirty girls terrorizing a river

3 crossburnings
3 barreling boys a-slippin' in the river

3 crossburnings
3 stripped sisters clogging up a river

3 crossburnings
3 barreling brothers a-slippin' in moon river

3 crossburnings
2 brothers, and another

found dead in a frigid river
officials investigate

and the battle
...............................looms

3 crossburnings
2 brothers, and another

3 crossburnings
3 unidentified bodies left drowned in a river

3 crossburnings
officials investigate

and the battle
...............................looms

3 crossburnings
3 dark-haired girls

found dead in a desert
2 brothers, and another

3 forms of Truth
found dead in a frigid river

officials investigate
and the battle

...............................looms





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