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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.                ,,,^~:†@¤£
#£¤@†:~^,,                                          ,,^~:†@¤£#
##£¤@†:~^, 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.           ,,,,,^~:†@
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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.    ,,,,,,,^~:
†:~^,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,^~:†
@†:~^,,,,,   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.       ,,,^~:†@¤£
¤@†:~^,,,,                                          ,,,,^~:†@¤
@†:~^,,,,,   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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