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,,=^*$##@@         *                      *         @@##$*^=,,
,,=^*$##@#         * MIRAGE CLASS GOTH GF *         #@##$*^=,,
,,=^*$####         *                      *         ####$*^=,,
,,=^*$##@#         *^=====,,,,  ,,,,=====^*         #@##$*^=,,
,,=^**$$$#                                          #$$$**^=,,
,,,=^***#@                                          @#***^=,,,
,,=^*$##@#  I USED TO BE A GOTH, IN MY YOUTH, DOING #@##$*^=,,
,,=^*$###@ CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND  @###$*^=,,
,,=^*$##@@  TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS   @@##$*^=,,
,,=^*$##@#    BARN. WE LIVED JUST OUTSIDE TOWN, A   #@##$*^=,,
,,=^*$###@   GROVE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD, AND   @###$*^=,,
,,=^*$#@##   THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST  ##@#$*^=,,
,,=^*$##@#  MAKE OUT THE SURROUNDING FIELDS THROUGH #@##$*^=,,
,,,,==*###                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.               #$$$^^^=,,
,,=^*$$$#@                                          @#$$$*^=,,
,,,==***## AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT, AND SHE WENT  ##***==,,,
,,=^*$##@#  AWAY. EVERYTHING CHANGED... I YEARNED,  #@##$*^=,,
,,=^*$####   AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME.   ####$*^=,,
,,=^*$##@#                                          #@##$*^=,,
,,,,,==*##    I STOPPED DOING CRIME, EXCEPT WHEN    ##*==,,,,,
,,=^*$####  NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE  ####$*^=,,
,,,,,==^*#  THEY WERE ALLRIGHT, MOULDED IN PLACE,   #*^==,,,,,
,,=^*##@##   AND I LOATHED IT ------ I MISSED HER   ##@##*^=,,
,,=^*$####                 SO MUCH.                 ####$*^=,,
,,===^^$#@                                          @#$^^===,,
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,,=^*$##@#            =====,,, ,,,=====             #@##$*^=,,
,,=^*$##@@                                          @@##$*^=,,
,,=^*$##@#                                          #@##$*^=,,
,,=^*$##@#  I SEARCHED FOR HER, BUT NOBODY HAD ANY  #@##$*^=,,
,,=^*$##@#    MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME    #@##$*^=,,
,,=^*$##@# EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER.  #@##$*^=,,
,,,,,=^**#  MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE  #**^=,,,,,
,,=^*$#@##           BARN, OR IN THE CAR.           ##@#$*^=,,
,,,,==*###                                          ###*==,,,,
,,,,,,==*#     SOMETIMES I COULD STILL SEE HER      #*==,,,,,,
,,=^*$##@#    FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN.    #@##$*^=,,
,,=^*$##@#     EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A     #@##$*^=,,
,,=^*$###@  MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW @###$*^=,,
,,====**$#   WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT   #$**====,,
,,=^*$##@#             HAD BEEN REAL...             #@##$*^=,,
,,=^*$$##@                                          @##$$*^=,,
,,=^*$##@#                                          #@##$*^=,,
,,=^*$$$$#            =====,,, ,,,=====             #$$$$*^=,,
,,,,^****#                                          #****^,,,,
,,=^*$##@#                                          #@##$*^=,,
,,,,,,,^$#    I DIED BY GETTING SHOT IN THE HEAD    #$^,,,,,,,
,,=^*$#@##   WHILE RAMMING THE FENCE TO A MILITARY  ##@#$*^=,,
,,,,,,=*$#   FACILITY. BY THIS TIME THEY HAD BEEN   #$*=,,,,,,
,,=^*$#@##    CHASING ME FOR DAYS. I LOST CONTROL   ##@#$*^=,,
,,=^*$##@#   OVER THE CAR, CRASHED IT INTO A ROCK   #@##$*^=,,
,,=^*$##@#     WALL AND FLEW OUT THE WINDSHIELD.    #@##$*^=,,
,,,,,,=^$#                                          #$^=,,,,,,
,,=^^***$#   AND THEN I GOT UP, AND LOOKED AROUND.  #$***^^=,,
,,=^*$##@#   IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD   #@##$*^=,,
,,=^*$##@@    BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE    @@##$*^=,,
,,=^*$##@#    DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR,   #@##$*^=,,
,,,,,=^$##               SOME ON FIRE.              ##$^=,,,,,
,=^*$##@##                                          ##@##$*^=,
,,=^*$##@@        THE GROUND WAS STICKY, RED.       @@##$*^=,,
,,,,^*$$$#                                          #$$$*^,,,,
,,=^*$#@##   AND THEN I REALIZED THAT I KNEW THIS   ##@#$*^=,,
,,,,,^$###     DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY     ###$^,,,,,
,,,,,,=^*# TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING!  #*^=,,,,,,
,,=^*$##@#               SHE WAS HERE!              #@##$*^=,,
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