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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.               .#.#.#.#.#
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.##.##.#.#  AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT, AND SHE WENT .#.#.#.#.#
..#..#.#.#  AWAY. EVERYTHING CHANGED... I YEARNED,  .#.#.#.#.#
.##.##.#.#   AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME.   .#.#.#.#.#
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.##.##.#.#    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.           .#.#.#.#.#
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.##.##.#.#      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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