,,,,,/%#@#                                          #@#%/,,,,,
,,~/*%#@##                                          ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%#@##                                          ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%#@##                                          ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%%%@#                                          #@%%%*/~,,
,,,,~/*%%#         */~~~~~,,,,  ,,,,~~~~~/*         #%%*/~,,,,
,,,,,~*%#@         *                      *         @#%*~,,,,,
,,~/*%#@##         * MIRAGE CLASS GOTH GF *         ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/***%#@         *                      *         @#%***/~,,
,,~/**%%%@         */~~~~~,,,,  ,,,,~~~~~/*         @%%%**/~,,
,,~/*%#@##                                          ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%#@@@                                          @@@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%#### 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.                ##%%//~,,,
,,~/*%#@##                                          ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%#@##   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.   @@##%*/~,,
,,~/*#@###                                          ###@#*/~,,
,,~/*%####    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.                 ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%#@##                                          ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%#@##                                          ##@#%*/~,,
,,,,,,//%@            ~~~~~,,, ,,,~~~~~             @%//,,,,,,
,,~/*%#@##                                          ##@#%*/~,,
,,,,,~/*%@                                          @%*/~,,,,,
,,~/*%#@##  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.           #%*~,,,,,,
,,~/*%%###                                          ###%%*/~,,
,,,,,,/*##      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...             ###@#*/~,,
,,~/*%#@##                                          ##@#%*/~,,
,,,,,,~~*#                                          #*~~,,,,,,
,,~/*%#@##             ~~~~~,,, ,,,~~~~~            ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%#@##                                          ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%#@##                                          ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%#@##    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.    #*~,,,,,,,
,,~/*%#@##                                          ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%#@##  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.               ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%#@##                                          ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%#@##       THE GROUND WAS STICKY, RED.        ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%###@                                          @###%*/~,,
,,~/*%#@##   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!               ##***//~,,
,,~/*%#@##                                          ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%#@##                                          ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%#@##                                          ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%#@##                                          ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%##@#                                          #@##%*/~,,