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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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