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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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