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