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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.               ,,####,,##
,#,,#,####                                          #,#,,,#,#,
,##,###,,,  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.     ####,,#,#,
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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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