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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 ,^~^$$#@##
###@#$^~^, EVERYTHING. HER BLACK SKIRT REACHED TO ,^~^$#@###
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##$^~~~^,, AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF ,,^~~~^$##
##@#$$^~^, 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 ,^~^$$####
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@$$$~,,,,, 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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