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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... #@#@=\«,¨¨
¨¨¨,«\=@#@ @#@=\«,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«\=@# #@=\«,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,«\=@ «««««,,¨ ¨,,««««« @=\«,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,«\= =\«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«\ \«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,« 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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