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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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#,,,#,,,,,             ~~~~~^^, ,^^~~~~~            ,,#,,,,#,,
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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.     ,,,,###,,,
,,,,#,#,##                                          ,,,,#,,#,,
,,,,#####,   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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