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,,,,=†%&££         † MIRAGE CLASS GOTH GF †         ££&%†=,,,,
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,,=^††%&££ I USED TO BE A GOTH, IN MY YOUTH, DOING  ££&%††^=,,
,,=^†%&£##  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  &&%††^,,,,
,,,,,,^†%£ MAKE OUT THE SURROUNDING FIELDS THROUGH  £%†^,,,,,,
,,=^†%&£##                THE TREES.                ##£&%†^=,,
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,,=^†%£###   MY CAR WAS BLACK AND LOUD, BOTH THE    ###£%†^=,,
,,,,=^^%%&   ENGINE AND THE WAY THE PARTS DIDN'T    &%%^^=,,,,
,,,,,,=†&&     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  ##£&%†^=,,
,,=^†%&£##            OUR TIME TOGETHER.            ##£&%†^=,,
,,==^†††%£                                          £%†††^==,,
,,,,,=^†&£  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  ##£&%†^=,,
,,,=^†††%&  AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE &%†††^=,,,
,,=^†&£###               TELEVISION.                ###£&†^=,,
,,=^†%&££#                                          #££&%†^=,,
,,=^†%&£## 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    ##£&%†^=,,
,,=^†%&£##  NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE  ##£&%†^=,,
,,=^†%&£##  THEY WERE ALLRIGHT, MOULDED IN PLACE,   ##£&%†^=,,
,,=^†%&£##   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    #£%†^==,,,
,,=^†%&£##  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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,,,,,^^†&#     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  #&†=,,,,,,
,,,,=^^%%&   WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT   &%%^^=,,,,
,,,,,^†%££             HAD BEEN REAL...             ££%†^,,,,,
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,,=^†%&£##    I DIED BY GETTING SHOT IN THE HEAD    ##£&%†^=,,
,,=^†%&###  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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,,=^†%&###   AND THEN I REALIZED THAT I KNEW THIS   ###&%†^=,,
,,=^†%&£##     DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY     ##£&%†^=,,
,,,,,==†&& TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING!  &&†==,,,,,
,,,,,^%&£#               SHE WAS HERE!              #£&%^,,,,,
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