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#,#,#,#,#,         * MIRAGE CLASS GOTH GF *         ##,,#,#,#,
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#,#,#,#,#,         *†=====:::,  ,:::=====†*         ##,,#,#,#,
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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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#,#,#,#,#,             =====::, ,::=====            ##,,#,#,#,
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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...             ##,,#,#,#,
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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.               ,#,##,#,#,
#,#,#,#,#,                                          ##,,#,#,#,
#,#,#,#,#,        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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