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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. ###¤%^†~,,
,,~†^%¤@## ##@¤%^†~,,
,,~†††^¤¤# #¤¤^†††~,,
,,,,,~^%%¤ ~~~~~,,, ,,,~~~~~ ¤%%^~,,,,,
,,~†^%¤@## ##@¤%^†~,,
,,~†^%¤@@@ @@@¤%^†~,,
,,~†^%¤@## 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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