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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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¨¨^~*†§¶@#             ~~~~~^^¨ ¨^^~~~~~            #@¶§†*~^¨¨
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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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¨^~*†§¶@##            ~~~~~^^¨ ¨^^~~~~~             ##@¶§†*~^¨
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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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