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,,«†*§¤#@#                                          #@#¤§*†«,,
,,,«†*§¤#@         *†«««««,,,,  ,,,,«««««†*         @#¤§*†«,,,
,,,,«†*§¤#         *                      *         #¤§*†«,,,,
,,,«†*§¤#@         * MIRAGE CLASS GOTH GF *         @#¤§*†«,,,
,,«†*§¤#@#         *                      *         #@#¤§*†«,,
,,,«†*§¤#@         *†«««««,,,,  ,,,,«««««†*         @#¤§*†«,,,
,,,,«†*§¤#                                          #¤§*†«,,,,
,,,«†*§¤#@                                          @#¤§*†«,,,
,,«†*§¤#@# 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.                 #¤§*†«,,,,
,,,«†*§¤#@                                          @#¤§*†«,,,
,,«†*§¤#@#                                          #@#¤§*†«,,
,,,«†*§¤#@            «««««,,, ,,,«««««             @#¤§*†«,,,
,,,,«†*§¤#                                          #¤§*†«,,,,
,,,«†*§¤#@                                          @#¤§*†«,,,
,,«†*§¤#@#  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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