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,,^~=%$£##         % MIRAGE CLASS GOTH GF %         ##£$%=~^,,
,,,^~=%$£#         %                      %         #£$%=~^,,,
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,,,^~=%$£#                                          #£$%=~^,,,
,,^~=%$£##                                          ##£$%=~^,,
,^~=%$£###  I USED TO BE A GOTH, IN MY YOUTH, DOING ###£$%=~^,
,,^~=%$£##  CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND ##£$%=~^,,
,,,^~=%$£#   TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS  #£$%=~^,,,
,,,,^~=%$£    BARN. WE LIVED JUST OUTSIDE TOWN, A   £$%=~^,,,,
,,,^~=%$£#   GROVE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD, AND   #£$%=~^,,,
,,^~=%$£##  THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST   ##£$%=~^,,
,^~=%$£###  MAKE OUT THE SURROUNDING FIELDS THROUGH ###£$%=~^,
,,^~=%$£##                THE TREES.                ##£$%=~^,,
,,,^~=%$£#                                          #£$%=~^,,,
,,,,^~=%$£    MY CAR WAS BLACK AND LOUD, BOTH THE   £$%=~^,,,,
,,,^~=%$£#   ENGINE AND THE WAY THE PARTS DIDN'T    #£$%=~^,,,
,,^~=%$£##     REALLY STICK TOGETHER. I TOOK MY     ##£$%=~^,,
,^~=%$£###  CRIMEFRIEND FOR RIDES, IN THE DARK, THE ###£$%=~^,
,,^~=%$£##   ETERNAL DARK THAT SEEMED TO SURROUND   ##£$%=~^,,
,,,^~=%$£#  US. SHE SEEMED TO CAST THIS VEIL OVER   #£$%=~^,,,
,,,,^~=%$£  EVERYTHING. HER BLACK SKIRT REACHED TO  £$%=~^,,,,
,,,^~=%$£#   HER KNEES BUT THEN SOMEHOW ALSO BACK   #£$%=~^,,,
,,^~=%$£##  AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF   ##£$%=~^,,
,^~=%$£###            OUR TIME TOGETHER.            ###£$%=~^,
,,^~=%$£##                                          ##£$%=~^,,
,,,^~=%$£#  THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES   #£$%=~^,,,
,,,,^~=%$£   THE BLOOD WAS HER RED LIPSTICK OR HER  £$%=~^,,,,
,,,^~=%$£#  CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION. #£$%=~^,,,
,,^~=%$£##      WE DID CRIME, AND WE MADE WEIRD     ##£$%=~^,,
,^~=%$£### STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF  ###£$%=~^,
,,^~=%$£##  DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES  ##£$%=~^,,
,,,^~=%$£#  AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE  #£$%=~^,,,
,,,,^~=%$£ AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE  £$%=~^,,,,
,,,^~=%$£#               TELEVISION.                #£$%=~^,,,
,,^~=%$£##                                          ##£$%=~^,,
,^~=%$£###  AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT, AND SHE WENT ###£$%=~^,
,,^~=%$£##  AWAY. EVERYTHING CHANGED... I YEARNED,  ##£$%=~^,,
,,,^~=%$£#   AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME.   #£$%=~^,,,
,,,,^~=%$£                                          £$%=~^,,,,
,,,^~=%$£#    I STOPPED DOING CRIME, EXCEPT WHEN    #£$%=~^,,,
,,^~=%$£##  NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE  ##£$%=~^,,
,^~=%$£###   THEY WERE ALLRIGHT, MOULDED IN PLACE,  ###£$%=~^,
,,^~=%$£##   AND I LOATHED IT ------ I MISSED HER   ##£$%=~^,,
,,,^~=%$£#                 SO MUCH.                 #£$%=~^,,,
,,,,^~=%$£                                          £$%=~^,,,,
,,,^~=%$£#                                          #£$%=~^,,,
,,^~=%$£##             ~~~~~^^, ,^^~~~~~            ##£$%=~^,,
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,,^~=%$£##                                          ##£$%=~^,,
,,,^~=%$£#  I SEARCHED FOR HER, BUT NOBODY HAD ANY  #£$%=~^,,,
,,,,^~=%$£    MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME    £$%=~^,,,,
,,,^~=%$£# EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER.  #£$%=~^,,,
,,^~=%$£##  MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE  ##£$%=~^,,
,^~=%$£###           BARN, OR IN THE CAR.           ###£$%=~^,
,,^~=%$£##                                          ##£$%=~^,,
,,,^~=%$£#     SOMETIMES I COULD STILL SEE HER      #£$%=~^,,,
,,,,^~=%$£    FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN.    £$%=~^,,,,
,,,^~=%$£#     EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A     #£$%=~^,,,
,,^~=%$£##  MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW ##£$%=~^,,
,^~=%$£###   WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT   ###£$%=~^,
,,^~=%$£##             HAD BEEN REAL...             ##£$%=~^,,
,,,^~=%$£#                                          #£$%=~^,,,
,,,,^~=%$£                                          £$%=~^,,,,
,,,^~=%$£#             ~~~~~^^, ,^^~~~~~            #£$%=~^,,,
,,^~=%$£##                                          ##£$%=~^,,
,^~=%$£###                                          ###£$%=~^,
,,^~=%$£##    I DIED BY GETTING SHOT IN THE HEAD    ##£$%=~^,,
,,,^~=%$£#   WHILE RAMMING THE FENCE TO A MILITARY  #£$%=~^,,,
,,,,^~=%$£   FACILITY. BY THIS TIME THEY HAD BEEN   £$%=~^,,,,
,,,^~=%$£#    CHASING ME FOR DAYS. I LOST CONTROL   #£$%=~^,,,
,,^~=%$£##   OVER THE CAR, CRASHED IT INTO A ROCK   ##£$%=~^,,
,^~=%$£###    WALL AND FLEW OUT THE WINDSHIELD.     ###£$%=~^,
,,^~=%$£##                                          ##£$%=~^,,
,,,^~=%$£#  AND THEN I GOT UP, AND LOOKED AROUND.   #£$%=~^,,,
,,,,^~=%$£   IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD   £$%=~^,,,,
,,,^~=%$£#    BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE    #£$%=~^,,,
,,^~=%$£##    DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR,   ##£$%=~^,,
,^~=%$£###              SOME ON FIRE.               ###£$%=~^,
,,^~=%$£##                                          ##£$%=~^,,
,,,^~=%$£#       THE GROUND WAS STICKY, RED.        #£$%=~^,,,
,,,,^~=%$£                                          £$%=~^,,,,
,,,^~=%$£#   AND THEN I REALIZED THAT I KNEW THIS   #£$%=~^,,,
,,^~=%$£##     DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY     ##£$%=~^,,
,^~=%$£### TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING!  ###£$%=~^,
,,^~=%$£##               SHE WAS HERE!              ##£$%=~^,,
,,,^~=%$£#                                          #£$%=~^,,,
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