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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.                ,,##,##,#,
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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.   #,#,,#,###
#,###,###,                                          ,###,###,,
###,,##,,#    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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,##,,###,,            -----^^, ,^^-----             ,##,,,#,,#
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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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,,,,,#,###            -----^^, ,^^-----             #,###,,,,#
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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.       #,,#,#,###
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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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