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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.            ##@&&^†~-.
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.-~†^&&@##   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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.-~†^&&@##             ~~~~~--. .--~~~~~            ##@&&^†~-.
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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.       ##@&&^†~-.
..-~†^&&@#                                          #@&&^†~-..
.-~†^&&@##   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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