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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.                ##*/^,,,,,
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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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