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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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