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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...             ,,,,###,,,
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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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