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,,,,,,^~:†         †:~~~~~^^^,  ,^^^~~~~~:†         †:~^,,,,,,
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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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,,,,,,^~:†             ~~~~~^^, ,^^~~~~~            †:~^,,,,,,
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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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,,,,,,,^~:            ~~~~~^^, ,^^~~~~~             :~^,,,,,,,
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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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