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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.            ###£%^~^,,
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,,,,^~^%£#   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.   ###£%^~^,,
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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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