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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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¨¨¨:~*†$&#  THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES   #&$†*~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~*†$&##  THE BLOOD WAS HER RED LIPSTICK OR HER   ##&$†*~:¨¨
¨:~*†$&###  CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION. ###&$†*~:¨
¨¨:~*†$&##      WE DID CRIME, AND WE MADE WEIRD     ##&$†*~:¨¨
¨¨¨:~*†$&# STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF  #&$†*~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~*†$&  DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES  &$†*~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~*†$&#  AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE  #&$†*~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~*†$&##  AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE ##&$†*~:¨¨
¨:~*†$&###               TELEVISION.                ###&$†*~:¨
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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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¨¨¨¨:~*†$&    I DIED BY GETTING SHOT IN THE HEAD    &$†*~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~*†$&#  WHILE RAMMING THE FENCE TO A MILITARY   #&$†*~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~*†$&##   FACILITY. BY THIS TIME THEY HAD BEEN   ##&$†*~:¨¨
¨:~*†$&###   CHASING ME FOR DAYS. I LOST CONTROL    ###&$†*~:¨
¨¨:~*†$&##   OVER THE CAR, CRASHED IT INTO A ROCK   ##&$†*~:¨¨
¨¨¨:~*†$&#     WALL AND FLEW OUT THE WINDSHIELD.    #&$†*~:¨¨¨
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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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