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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.            ##@£%%†~^,
,,^~†%%£@#                                          #@£%%†~^,,
,^~†%%£@##  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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,,^~†%%£@#             ~~~~~^^, ,^^~~~~~            #@£%%†~^,,
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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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,,^~†%%£@#    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.              ##@£%%†~^,
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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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