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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. ¨¨:~^=&@##
#@&=^~:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:~^=&@#
@&=^~:¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^
=^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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