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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.                ##,,##,#,,
,,,###,,,#                                          ,#,#,###,,
,,#,,#,,##    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.               ,##,###,#,
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,,##,,#,,# 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.                 ##,##,,,#,
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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.           ,##,,,,##,
##,,,##,,#                                          #,#,,,#,##
,#,,#,#,#,      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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