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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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